Stephanie Chao

About Stephanie Chao

Building TikTok’s next generation of Machine Learning talent — one search, one model, and one brilliant mind at a time.I’m a Technical Recruiter supporting our AML, Data-Ecommerce and Data-Search teams, where we’re hiring full-time, onsite Research Scientists, SWEs, and Machine Learning Engineers (MLEs) to tackle massive-scale challenges in LLMs, recommendation systems, NLP, computer vision, and multimodal learning.I focus on building early-career pipelines for 2027 Master’s and PhD graduates from top U.S. computer science programs. I look for candidates with experience in- LLMs, recommendation systems, NLP, CV, multimodal learning- Deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX)- Top-tier internships - Research publications (NeurIPS, CVPR, ICLR, ACL)I love connecting with future ML innovators who are ready to build models that make a real impact — at TikTok scale!If that’s you (or someone you know), shoot me a message — let’s make machine learning magic happen

Experience

1. Technical Sourcer

   TikTok

   May 2025 — Present · 聖荷西, CA, US

   Recruiting for Data-AML, Data-Ecommerce, and Data-Search organizations, focusing on Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Research, and Infrastructure roles. • Collaborate with Talent Acquisition teams and hiring managers to align on hiring strategies and candidate profiles. • Contribute to talent mapping initiatives, identifying and engaging top technical talent across various sectors. • Manage end-to-end recruiting processes, ensuring strong candidate engagement from sourcing to offer stage, ensuring strong candidate engagement throughout the process Focus areas include LLMs, recommendation systems, NLP, and large-scale distributed systems

Education

• Trinity University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration (with concentrations in Marketing)

• Jessup University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations