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TikTok · 2 weeks ago

Data Engineer Intern (Data Platfrom TikTok BP) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

San Jose, CA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$45/hr - $45/hr

Start in 2026 Summer

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. They are seeking a Data Engineer Intern to join their data platform team, where the intern will gain hands-on experience in building and optimizing data systems that impact the company's core products.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design and build data transformations efficiently and reliably for different purposes (e.g. reporting, growth analysis, multi-dimensional analysis)

Design and implement reliable, scalable, robust and extensible big data systems that support core products and business

Establish solid design and best engineering practice for engineers as well as non-technical people

Qualification

Big Data technologiesData analysisETLSQL queriesData modelingSchema designPassionate about technologySelf-motivated

Required

Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Master's degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026

Experience in the Big Data technologies(Hadoop, M/R, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, ClickHouse, Flink etc.)

Experience with performing data analysis, data ingestion and data integration

Preferred

Experience with ETL(Extraction, Transformation & Loading) and architecting data systems

Experience with schema design, data modeling and SQL queries

Passionate and self-motivated about technologies in the Big Data area

Graduating December 2026 onwards with the intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship

Benefits

Interns have 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

H1B Sponsorship

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