TikTok ยท 2 weeks ago
Data Engineer Intern (Data Platfrom TikTok BP) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)
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
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
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
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
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Funding
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