TikTok
Research Scientist Intern (TikTok-Data-Search-Visual Search) - 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.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be able to establish authorization to work in the United States; the Company does not provide sponsorship or immigration-related benefits.
About the job
Contribute to TikTok Search research and product work by developing and testing features, analyzing search data, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
What you'll do
- Support the design, implementation, testing, and iteration of Search features, services, or tools.
- Analyze large-scale data, logs, metrics, or experiments to improve user search behavior and product or system quality.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and machine learning partners; document work and communicate progress.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Able to commit to 12 weeks of full-time work.
- Proficient coding skills and a strong algorithm and data structure foundation.
- 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, machine learning, 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.
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