Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Global E-commerce Risk Control) - 2025 Summer/Fall (MS)

ByteDance • San Jose, CA

88d

About The Position

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, 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. The E-Commerce Risk Control (ECRC) team's mission is to protect TikTok e-commerce users, including and beyond buyer, seller, creator; to make TikTok e-commerce the safest and most trusted place worldwide to transact online by securing the integrity of the e-commerce ecosystem and providing a safe shopping experience on the platform. The ECRC team works to prevent and detect any risk attempts in TikTok e-commerce platforms (e.g. TikTok Shop) and to mitigate the negative impact on our customers and Selling Partners (Sps), covering multiple classical and novel business risk areas such as account integrity, incentive abuse, malicious activities, brushing, click-farm, information leakage etc. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2025. Internships at ByteDance aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Turn your ambitions into reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at ByteDance. This Internship Program runs for 12 weeks beginning in May/June 2025. Successful candidates must be able to commit to one of the following summer internship start dates: Monday, May 12; Monday, May 19; Tuesday May 27 (Memorial Day May 26); Monday, June 9; Monday, June 23. Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement innovative machine learning algorithms to manage business risks in TikTok's products and platforms.
• Prototype and explore novel solutions, conduct experiments to validate hypotheses, and provide insights to Product and Tech teams.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance current automation processes.
• Build efficient data querying infrastructure for real-time and offline analysis. Identify opportunities to strengthen risk defense solutions.
• Define risk control metrics and promote data-driven practices. Align teams and stakeholders on numeric goals for risk control.
• Document technical processes and effectively communicate results through writing, visualizations, and presentations.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees