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(General Hire) Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Trust and Safety - CV/NLP/Multimodal LLM) - 2027 Summer

San Jose, California · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026

Education
Currently pursuing a Master's degree in computer science, machine learning, or similar fields.

About the job

Develop and optimize machine-learning moderation models and systems to detect high-risk content and improve TikTok content safety.

What you'll do

  • Explore few-shot and zero-shot moderation approaches using multimodal large models, and build models that generalize across content safety scenarios.
  • Support reinforcement-learning-based data mining and design Chain-of-Thought annotation frameworks for complex-risk understanding.
  • Build risk ranking and recall systems, and collaborate with product and policy teams on deployment and optimization.

What they ask for

  • Currently pursuing a master's degree in computer science, machine learning, or a similar field.
  • Solid foundation in machine learning and deep learning; familiarity with multimodal modeling.
  • Interest in content safety and understanding of risk identification challenges in moderation workflows.
  • Proficiency in end-to-end algorithm development, including data processing, modeling, and evaluation; PyTorch or TensorFlow experience required.

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience with large model projects.
  • Strong learning ability, clear communication, teamwork, and responsibility.

Tools

PyTorch, TensorFlow

AI focus

Develop multimodal large-model moderation approaches, including few-shot and zero-shot strategies; support reinforcement-learning-based data mining, CoT annotation, and risk ranking and recall systems.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)