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TikTok · 1 week ago

(General Hire) Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Commerce& Content Service & Search Ads)- 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

San Jose, CA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$45/hr - $60/hr

Start in 2026 Summer

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Intern for the summer of 2026. The role involves participating in the development of large-scale Ads systems 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

Machine LearningProgramming LanguagesTensorFlow/PyTorchComputer Science DegreeCritical Thinking

Required

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant majors

Experience in and good theoretical grounding in machine learning concepts and techniques

Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in one or more general purpose programming languages, including but not limited to: Go, C/C++, Python

Experience in one or more of the following frameworks: Tensorflow/PyTorch/MXNet, etc

Ability to think critically and to formulate solutions to problems in a clear and concise way

Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work period during Summer or Fall 2026

Preferred

Ads system, recommendation, searching, ranking, 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

Glassdoor3.4

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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