Machine Learning Graduate (eCommerce User Growth & Intelligent Marketing) - 2026

Overview

Machine Learning Graduate (eCommerce User Growth & Intelligent Marketing) - 2026 Start (BS/MS) role at ByteDance. This position is part of ByteDance's E-commerce Recommendation and Marketing Team, responsible for intelligent marketing and user growth for TikTok's international e-commerce business across multiple regions. Onboarding date by end of 2026 is required. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and candidates may apply to up to two positions.

Responsibilities

• Build a full lifecycle user data and value system to address core pain points and business challenges in e-commerce user growth.
• Participate in developing an industry-leading online marketing inference algorithm engine that integrates signals from search, recommendation, and marketing, moving from isolated decision-making in each domain to joint decision-making across domains.
• Optimize international e-commerce user growth and intelligent marketing by improving the cost-effectiveness of key budget spending through algorithms — including subsidy distribution, product pricing, budget allocation, and traffic strategies — to enhance subsidy and traffic efficiency, ultimately driving GMV growth.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above, graduating in 2026, preferably in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research, or related fields, with 0-1 year of work experience.
• Solid foundation in algorithms and data structures, with strong programming skills.
• Strong learning ability, curiosity, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Solid foundation in machine learning algorithms, familiar with one or more of the following: machine learning, deep learning, causal inference, reinforcement learning.

Preferred Qualifications

• Publications in top AI conferences/journals, or strong performance in ACM / machine learning competitions.
• Research or project experience in user growth, intelligent marketing, or advertising; experience in LTV prediction, uplift modeling, operations research, sequence modeling, or multi-scenario modeling optimization.

Job Information

For Pay Transparency Compensation Description (Annually): The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $118,657 - $187,200 annually. Compensation may vary outside of 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; 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 of 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.

Fair Chance / Los Angeles County

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) 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;
• Adequately 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 products including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico, ByteDance aims to connect people with, consume, and create content.

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 globally and so does our workplace. We celebrate diverse voices to create an environment that reflects the communities we reach.

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 RA-request.

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