ByteDance
Machine Learning Graduate (eCommerce Recommendation) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)
ByteDance, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
Overview
Machine Learning Graduate (eCommerce Recommendation) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)
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ByteDance .
ByteDance's E-commerce Recommendation Team builds and scales its recommendation system to provide the best shopping experience for TikTok users. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will have opportunities to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas, and explore growth opportunities at ByteDance. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume and be ready to onboard by end of 2026.
Responsibilities
Work in a team to conduct cutting-edge research in machine learning algorithms, such as retrieval and recommendation algorithms.
Participate in building large-scale e-commerce recommendation algorithms and systems (10 million to 100 million users) across commodities, live streams, short videos on TikTok.
Build long- and short-term user interest models, analyze and extract information from large data sets, and design algorithms to explore users' latent interests efficiently.
Apply machine learning algorithms to improve business scenarios such as search ranking, natural language and video understanding, and trust and safety.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or expected by 2026 in Computer Science, related technical field or equivalent industrial research experience with 0-1 year of work experience.
Experience in one of the following fields: recommendation systems, online advertising, information retrieval, natural language processing, computer vision, machine learning, large-scale data mining, or related fields (preferred).
Familiar with at least one mainstream deep learning framework, such as TensorFlow or PyTorch.
Passionate about solving complex and challenging problems.
Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
Job Information For Pay Transparency : The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $118,658 - $177,000 annually. Compensation may vary outside this range depending on 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.
For Los Angeles County 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:
Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
Exercising sound judgment.
About Us Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.
Why Join ByteDance Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.
Diversity & Inclusion ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
Reasonable Accommodation ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
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at
ByteDance .
ByteDance's E-commerce Recommendation Team builds and scales its recommendation system to provide the best shopping experience for TikTok users. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will have opportunities to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas, and explore growth opportunities at ByteDance. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume and be ready to onboard by end of 2026.
Responsibilities
Work in a team to conduct cutting-edge research in machine learning algorithms, such as retrieval and recommendation algorithms.
Participate in building large-scale e-commerce recommendation algorithms and systems (10 million to 100 million users) across commodities, live streams, short videos on TikTok.
Build long- and short-term user interest models, analyze and extract information from large data sets, and design algorithms to explore users' latent interests efficiently.
Apply machine learning algorithms to improve business scenarios such as search ranking, natural language and video understanding, and trust and safety.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or expected by 2026 in Computer Science, related technical field or equivalent industrial research experience with 0-1 year of work experience.
Experience in one of the following fields: recommendation systems, online advertising, information retrieval, natural language processing, computer vision, machine learning, large-scale data mining, or related fields (preferred).
Familiar with at least one mainstream deep learning framework, such as TensorFlow or PyTorch.
Passionate about solving complex and challenging problems.
Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
Job Information For Pay Transparency : The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $118,658 - $177,000 annually. Compensation may vary outside this range depending on 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.
For Los Angeles County 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:
Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
Exercising sound judgment.
About Us Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.
Why Join ByteDance Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.
Diversity & Inclusion ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
Reasonable Accommodation ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
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