TikTok
Research Engineer Intern (Monetization Technology - Business Integrity) - 2027 Summer
San Jose, California · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Automation, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical discipline; completed, or expecting to graduate within 12 months. Exceptional Bachelor's candidates with strong research output will also be considered.
About the job
Build an automated content moderation system for TikTok monetization, with accurate decisions, interpretable reasoning, and remediation.
What you'll do
- Develop end-to-end moderation capabilities intended to outperform human benchmarks.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a Master's degree in a listed technical discipline, completed, or expecting to graduate within 12 months; exceptional Bachelor's candidates with strong research output may also be considered.
- Hands-on model implementation, training, or deployment experience in at least one listed area.
- Familiarity with large language model fundamentals and practical experience in at least one stage.
- Proficient in Python and PyTorch or TensorFlow; strong software engineering fundamentals.
Nice to have
- Experience with distributed training, high-throughput inference, production deployment, data pipelines, agentic systems, RAG, or multimodal applications.
- Ads/search/recommendation industry familiarity, open-source contributions, strong ML competition results, or granted patents.
Tools
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, DeepSpeed, Megatron, FSDP, vLLM, SGLang
AI focus
Build a machine-learning-based content moderation system, including accurate rejection decisions, interpretable reasoning, intelligent remediation, and automated moderation.
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