TikTok
Machine Learning Engineer Intern (TikTok-Data-Search-Recommendation-Global E-Commerce) - 2027 Summer
Seattle, Washington · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must establish authorization to work in the United States. The Company does not provide sponsorship or any immigration-related benefits.
About the job
Support the design and improvement of TikTok Search features and systems by building software and analyzing large-scale data, metrics, and experiments.
What you'll do
- Help design, implement, test, and iterate on Search features, services, or tools.
- Analyze data, logs, metrics, or experiments to understand search behavior and improve quality.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and machine learning partners; document work and communicate progress.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a specified or related technical discipline.
- Experience with at least one programming language, such as Python, Java, C++, Go, or JavaScript.
- Familiarity with data structures, algorithms, software engineering fundamentals, and basic system design concepts.
Nice to have
- Projects or experience in search, recommendation, machine learning, information retrieval, NLP, ranking, ads, content understanding, or data mining.
- Familiarity with databases, distributed systems, data pipelines, experimentation, or large-scale backend services.
Tools
Python, Java, C++, Go, JavaScript
AI focus
Work involves machine learning and recommendation signals as part of search systems; interns may support Search projects in these areas.
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