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ByteDance

Machine Learning Engineer Intern

4w

ByteDance

Seattle, US · Internship · $85,000 – $115,000

About this role

Governance and Experience team of e-commerce ensures safety and trustworthiness of the marketplace for users, sellers, and creators. They focus on policies, rules, and systems to maintain quality and user satisfaction. Join as an intern obsessed with customer experience and passionate about risk detection systems.

Design and implement algorithms to detect and control risks and frauds in contents, products, sellers, and creators. Collaborate with strategy team, product managers, policy team, and ops team. Drive initiatives from engineering viewpoints to define products.

Work within a cross-functional environment blending engineering, strategy, policy, and operations. Contribute to platform trust through technical solutions. Gain exposure to real-world e-commerce governance challenges.

12-week internship offers hands-on experience and industry exposure. Participate in social events and development workshops. Explore career paths while applying knowledge in practical scenarios.

Requirements

  • Pursuing BS or MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field
  • Knowledge of machine learning for anomaly and fraud detection
  • Experience with Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow
  • Skills in data processing for large-scale e-commerce datasets
  • Understanding of risk factors in contents, products, sellers, and creators
  • Ability to design algorithms for platform safety and trust

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement algorithms to detect and control risks and frauds in contents, products, sellers, and creators
  • Collaborate with strategy team, product managers, policy team, and ops team to define products
  • Drive initiatives from engineering viewpoints
  • Develop machine learning models for e-commerce risk detection
  • Analyze marketplace data to identify fraud patterns in sellers and creators
  • Optimize algorithms for real-time content and product governance
  • Evaluate model performance on trust-sabotaging risks

Benefits

  • 12-week summer internship program
  • Hands-on experience in real-world scenarios
  • Vibrant social events
  • Enriching development workshops
  • Industry exposure for career exploration