TikTok
Machine Learning Engineer Intern (TikTok-Data-Search-Basic Ranking) - 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Contribute to TikTok Search features and systems by implementing and testing improvements, analyzing search data, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, test, and iterate on Search features, services, or tools.
- Analyze large-scale data, logs, metrics, and experiments to improve search behavior and product or system quality.
- Collaborate with partner teams, document work, and communicate progress, risks, and learnings.
What they ask for
- Commit to 12 weeks of full-time work.
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Proficient coding skills and a strong foundation in algorithms and data structures.
- Experience in one or more of NLP, Ranking, Ads, search engine, recommender system, distributed system, or machine learning.
Nice to have
- Experience with search, recommendation, information retrieval, natural language processing, ranking, ads, content understanding, or data mining projects.
- Familiarity with databases, distributed systems, data pipelines, experimentation, or large-scale backend services.
Tools
NLP, Ranking, Ads, search engine, recommender system, distributed system, machine learning
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