Computer Vision Algorithm Engineer - TikTok E-commerce Knowledge Graph

Computer Vision Algorithm Engineer - TikTok E-commerce Knowledge Graph at TikTok in Seattle, WA.

Responsibilities

Our team is responsible for developing state-of-the-art CV/NLP/ML algorithms and strategies to improve user consumption experience, inspire merchants' service quality and revenue, and build a fair and flourishing ecosystem on our E-commerce Platform. More specifically, our team is responsible for the algorithms of Product Knowledge Graphs under TikTok's global e-commerce business.

• Participate in the development of massive knowledge graphs of real-world products to support feed ranking, recommendations, and ads.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and the product strategy & operation team to define product strategies and features.
• Knowledge graph construction, including product/content/feedback understanding and category/brand/SPU construction.
• Explore the implementation of Knowledge Graph and Cognitive Graph on the e-commerce side of TikTok e-commerce shopping guide.
• Responsible for the mining of e-commerce shopping guide knowledge such as shopping scenes/people/goods matching/product layering.
• Responsible for the optimization and iteration of computer vision related models in the e-commerce scene, including fine grain classification, product object recognition, product subject recognition, feature extraction, logo detection, brand recognition, etc., to optimize the merchant's product loading and unloading process.
• Responsible for e-commerce short video and livestream classification, multi-modal content mining, multi-modal content understanding, optimize e-commerce short video and livestream shopping experience.
• Responsible for e-commerce image search, photo search goods, goods duplication algorithm.
• Explore the cutting-edge technology of computer vision, responsible for the iteration and evolution of the overall algorithm and system.

Requirements

• In-depth knowledge in a certain field of multimedia and computer vision, including but not limited to: image search, image/video classification and recognition, image segmentation, object detection, OCR, graph neural networks, multimodal, unsupervised and self-supervised learning, etc.;

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with the training and deployment of one or more framework models of TensorFlow/PyTorch/MXNet, and understand training acceleration methods such as hybrid precision training and distributed training;

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

About the Company

The Global Business Solutions (GBS) team is responsible for the revenue growth of the TikTok business, and our teams include Sales, Marketing, Ops, Account Managers, Agency and partnerships, as well as Marketing Science.

At TikTok, our Global Business Solutions (GBS) team plays a key role in generating revenue by promoting our advertising solutions, onboarding new clients, driving ad campaigns, and more. As the TikTok community grows at an unprecedented speed around the world, our GBS team leads groundbreaking projects that are changing the landscape of the advertising industry in real time.

We're seeking an analytically driven, and detail-oriented Client Solutions Manager (CSM) Intern to join our Ecommerce Team. As a CSM, you will partner closely with Client Partners and Client Solutions Managers to drive revenue by identifying opportunities, leveraging data insights, and delivering consultative solutions for advertisers.

This role centers on client education, relationship growth, data analysis, and campaign success. You will provide strategic recommendations to both clients and internal teams, ensuring campaigns achieve business objectives while optimizing long-term partnerships. Success in this role requires strong data analytics skills, adaptability in a fast-paced environment, and a test-and-learn mindset to uncover the best solutions.

Additional Information

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.