TikTok
(General Hire) Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Performance Monetization) - 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Develop large-scale advertising systems and applied machine learning projects, including targeting components for TikTok’s ads monetization ecosystem.
What you'll do
- Develop a large-scale Ads system and state-of-the-art applied machine learning projects.
- Own key targeting components or strategies in TikTok’s ads monetization ecosystem.
- Work with product and business teams on product vision.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience and strong theoretical grounding in machine learning concepts and techniques.
- Programming, debugging, and optimization skills in one or more general-purpose languages, including Go, C/C++, or Python.
- Experience with one or more frameworks such as Tensorflow/PyTorch/MXNet.
Nice to have
- Experience with ads systems, recommendation, searching, or ranking.
Tools
Go, C/C++, Python, Tensorflow, PyTorch, MXNet
AI focus
Develop applied machine learning projects and targeting components for ads monetization.
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