Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (E-Commerce Knowledge Graph - CV/Multimodal/NLP) -2026 Start (PhD)

Team Introduction:

The Knowledge Graph team is responsible for the neural network of e-commerce, which includes tasks such as categorizing products, influencers, and merchants, mining product information, and providing this data to the recommendation team. Additionally, they manage operations related to product tags and category attributes. When we come across a product, they determine whether it belongs to the clothing or sports category, who thie product will be suitable for, etc. Furthermore, the team conducts competitive research, identifying top-performing items on the platform and analyzing why one similar product outperforms others. They are also involved in brand recognition. This team plays a pivotal role, in bridging various aspects of our business and maintaining close collaboration with other teams.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities. Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with ByteDance

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Responsibilities

• Dive deep into the construction and development of vast knowledge graphs that encapsulate real-world products, aiding in feed ranking, recommendations, and ads.
• Collaborate closely with our dedicated product managers, astute data scientists, and the strategic product & operation team to craft forward-thinking product strategies and features.

Key Responsibilities:

• Craft intricate knowledge graphs, encompassing areas like product/content insights and category/brand/SPU development.
• Architect knowledge maps detailing buyer and product connections.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• PhD degree in Computer Science or a related technical field. Recent graduates are highly encouraged to apply!
• Final year or recent graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline;
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
• Passion or exposure to areas like machine learning, NLP (Natural Language Processing), multimodal systems, and computer vision.
• Familiarity with or coursework related to programming languages like C++, Python, Go, or Java.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills. Any hands-on experience or group projects in relevant technical scenarios will be a plus!

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow/PyTorch.
• Coursework or projects related to text classification, text matching, sequence labeling, and knowledge graphs.
• Knowledge of domain adaptation, text mining, and unsupervised/semi-supervised methodologies.
• Experience with machine learning and deep learning algorithms, and text representation methods.
• Exposure to large-scale text data processing or tools like Hadoop/Spark/Hive/Flink.

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