TikTok

Algorithm Engineer - Audio Understanding

TikTok

Singapore · Full Time

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Job description

About the Team

The speech team at TikTok is dedicated to enhancing content comprehension, interaction, and creation by leveraging speech and audio technologies. Their efforts span pioneering research in speech and audio processing, music analysis, natural language understanding, and multimodal deep learning. The team seeks skilled professionals to develop and integrate these technologies across TikTok and affiliated platforms to deliver joyful user experiences worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and support full-duplex voice interaction technologies in real-world applications, advancing research into voice interaction implementations.
  • Deploy and refine speech recognition technologies across various internal and external business domains, continuously enhancing their core performance capabilities.
  • Design and build foundational systems for audio understanding, focusing on leading-edge algorithms and technological advancements within the audio processing industry.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related disciplines preferred.
  • Proficiency with speech recognition, audio understanding, and voice interaction algorithms, including practical experience optimizing models with large-scale datasets.
  • Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with deep learning and large language model (LLM) technologies; familiarity with frameworks like PyTorch.
  • Excellent programming skills, especially in C++ and Python, with comfort in Linux environments.
  • Capable of working autonomously while also fostering strong collaboration and interpersonal relationships.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Authorship of research published in prominent international forums such as ICASSP, Interspeech, ASRU, or major IEEE/ACM journals.
  • High international rankings in speech-related or machine learning contests, or accolades from programming competitions including ACM, NOI, IOI, or TopCoder.
  • Experience contributing to notable open-source projects.
  • Excellent communication abilities, ownership mentality, organizational skills, and a positive, reflective approach.

About TikTok

TikTok stands as a premier platform for short-form mobile video content, with a mission to inspire creativity and spread joy globally. Headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore, with additional offices worldwide, TikTok is a dynamic environment focused on innovation and impact.

Why Join Us

Joining TikTok means engaging in an environment driven by curiosity and collaboration, where challenges are viewed as opportunities. The company values diversity, inclusivity, and continuous learning, striving to deliver authentic creative experiences that connect users worldwide.

Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok champions an inclusive workspace that respects and values diverse skills, experiences, and perspectives. The company is committed to fostering an environment that reflects its global community and embraces the unique voices that contribute to its creative culture.

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Bachelor's Degree

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