Engineer Graduate: (Software Engineer Graduate - Data-Search-TikTok.US - San Jose) - 2026 Start (PhD)

About the team

On the TikTok Search Team, you will have the opportunity to develop and apply cutting-edge machine learning technologies in real-time large-scale systems, which serve billions of search requests every day. Via advanced NLP and multi-modal models, our projects impact and improve the search experience for hundreds of millions of users globally. We are also exploring how to leverage LLM to further enhance TikTok users search experience, potentially sharping the search engine for the next generation. We embrace a culture of self-direction, intellectual curiosity, openness, and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Search Engine Research and Development: Participate in the research and development of ByteDance's search engine. Utilize cutting-edge machine learning algorithms and vast amounts of data to create the most exciting technologies and provide users with the best search experience.
• Core Product Search Development: Contribute to the search development of core products like Toutiao and Douyin, serving hundreds of millions of users.
• Search Core Architecture Improvement:
  • Web Search System: Design and develop data flows for web searches at the trillion-page scale, distributed indexing systems, and online retrieval systems. Create industry-leading retrieval architectures.
  • Spider System: Design and develop services for real-time computing, scheduling, distribution, pressure control, and crawling in a trillion-page Spider system.
  • Stability Solutions: Design and develop high-availability solutions for search engine stability, automated testing, and maintenance platforms.
• Innovative Architecture Implementation: Here, you can realize your architectural dreams without any historical burdens.