# Machine Learning Engineer, TikTok - Business Governance

Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-tiktok-business-governance-tiktok-bc5944be
Machine Learning Engineer, TikTok - Business Governance at TikTok, an on-site role based in San Jose, California, USA. First seen on RealAnalystJobs on 15 November 2026, read from TikTok's own careers page (TikTok), which RealAnalystJobs re-checks daily and removes the role when it closes. TikTok has approved H-1B petitions on USCIS record (employer-wide, not a promise for this role).

Updated 15 November 2026.

## Key facts

- Company: [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/tiktok)
- Location: San Jose, California, USA
- Work mode: On-site
- First seen: Nov 15, 2026
- Employment type: Full time
- Source: TikTok's careers page (TikTok), re-checked daily

Skills: [Python](https://realanalystjobs.com/skills/python)

## Visa sponsorship

The posting does not say.

TikTok had H-1B petitions approved for 454 workers in fiscal year 2026 (USCIS). That is history, not a promise for this role. [See the record](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/tiktok#h1b-record)

## About this role

- About the Team
We are building next-generation Trust & Safety systems powered by large language models and multimodal foundation models to protect TikTok, Lemon8, and short-form video platforms. Our team focuses on multimodal reasoning, content understanding, and large-scale risk detection across text, image, audio, and video. We actively explore and productionize cutting-edge technologies such as LLM post-training, multimodal models, and AI Agents to build intelligent, scalable, and adaptive content moderation systems.

- Responsibilities - What You'II Do
- Develop content safety algorithms for TikTok, Lemon8, and short-form drama platforms, covering multimodal understanding and risk detection across video, text, image, and audio
- Leverage machine learning, deep learning, and large model technologies to improve content moderation pipelines, enhance operational efficiency, and ensure model robustness and production stability
- Own the training and application of LLMs and MLLMs for content safety use cases, including post-training techniques such as SFT, RLHF, DPO, and safety alignment
- Drive the exploration and productionization of emerging capabilities such as AI Agents, multimodal reasoning, and video understanding to build next-generation intelligent moderation systems

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, or related fields
- Strong understanding of machine learning and deep learning, with familiarity with Transformer architectures, LLMs, and MLLMs
- Hands-on experience in Python, PyTorch, distributed training, and large-scale data processing, with solid algorithmic and engineering capabilities
- Proven ability to solve complex problems and collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams, with a track record of driving projects to high-quality execution

Preferred Qualifications:
- Hands-on experience with LLM post-training, multimodal understanding, AI Agents, or Trust & Safety systems is desirable
- Publications in academic conferences such as NeurIPS、ICML、ICLR、CVPR、ECCV、ICCV、ACL、EMNLP、NAACL、Interspeech、ICASSP, and others are a strong plus

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## How to apply

Open [this role on Real Analyst Jobs](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-tiktok-business-governance-tiktok-bc5944be) and use Apply now there to reach the employer's application. The listing is re-checked against TikTok's careers page daily and removed when it closes.

## TikTok

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