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TikTok · 2 days ago

(General Hire) Research Scientist Intern (Monetization Technology) - 2026 Start (PhD)

United States

Internship

Remote

Intern

$60/hr - $60/hr

Start in 2026

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Research Scientist Intern for their Monetization Technology team. The role involves participating in the development of a large-scale Ads system and working on applied machine learning projects within the TikTok ads monetization ecosystem.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Participate in the development of a large-scale Ads system

Responsible for the development of 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

Qualification

PhD in Computer ScienceMultimodality foundation modelsAI research experiencePublications in top conferencesCollaboration skills

Required

Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, engineering or quantitative field

Hands-on experience of developing multimodality foundation models and work or internship experience in an AI research organization is a plus

Strong publications record in top conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, etc)

Benefits

Day one access to health insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)

Housing allowance

Company

TikTok

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TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.

Founded in 2003

Los Angeles, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiktok.com

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