TikTok
(General Hire) Research Scientist Intern (Monetization Technology) - 2026 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, engineering, or a quantitative field.
About the job
Develop large-scale advertising systems and applied machine-learning projects, owning targeting components or strategies and collaborating with product and business teams on product vision.
What you'll do
- Participate in developing a large-scale Ads system and state-of-the-art applied machine-learning projects.
- Own key targeting components or strategies in the TikTok ads monetization ecosystem.
- Work with product and business teams on product vision.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, engineering, or a quantitative field.
- Strong publications record in top conferences or journals.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience developing multimodality foundation models.
- Work or internship experience in an AI research organization.
AI focus
Develop applied machine-learning projects and work on advertising targeting; experience developing multimodality foundation models is a plus.
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