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TikTok lists this Machine Learning Engineer Intern (E-Commerce Supply Chain & Logistics-LLM/Agent) - 2027 Start (PhD) opportunity in seattle, Washington. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
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@2026 TikTok
Technology
Machine Learning Engineer Intern (E-Commerce Supply Chain & Logistics-LLM/Agent) - 2027 Start (PhD)
Location:
Seattle
Employment Type:
Intern
Job Code:
A78529B
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:-
Currently pursuing a PhD degree in artificial intelligence, computer science, operations research, automation, statistics, mathematics, or a related discipline
Experience with LLMs, agents, RAG, tool use, post-training, evaluation, or applied NLP systems
Strong programming ability in Python and familiarity with at least one production-oriented language such as Java, C++, Go, or TypeScript
Familiarity with machine learning and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, vLLM, Hugging Face, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar ecosystems
Preferred Qualifications:-
Research or project experience in coding agents, long-horizon agents, computer-use agents, agent harnesses, workflow orchestration, or automated evaluation systems
Experience with LLM post-training, including SFT, DPO, PPO, GRPO, RLHF, RLAIF, reward modeling, counterfactual data, or evidence-driven decision training
Experience building benchmarks or evaluation datasets from real user questions, including taxonomy design, golden answers, error attribution, and regression testing
Experience with e-commerce, logistics, operations research, data platforms, knowledge graphs, or enterprise knowledge management systems
Published papers, strong open-source contributions, or hands‑on projects in LLMs, agents, NLP, data mining, machine learning systems, evaluation, or AI engineering
Join the E-commerce Global Supply Chain and Logistics team at TikTok. We are building AI-native capabilities for global logistics, including logistics agents, address intelligence, context engineering, agent evaluation, and workflow automation for complex supply chain operations. This role is for candidates who want to apply LLMs, agents, reinforcement learning, retrieval systems, and software engineering to real logistics problems at global scale. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. PhD internships at Our Company provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, as well as to the organization's
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Worksite address
seattle, WA, 98127, US
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