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TikTok · 2 weeks ago

Software Engineer Intern (Data Arch - ShortText Rec) - 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, aiming to inspire creativity and bring joy. They are seeking a Software Engineer Intern for Summer 2026 to assist in building and maintaining high-performance online services and data pipelines for their recommendation system.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build and maintain high performance online services for TikTok recommendation system

Build extremely efficient and reliable data pipelines for candidates generation, profile generation, training examples generation, realtime online training, etc

Build globalized large-scale recommendation system

Design and develop high performance computing frameworks and storage systems

Qualification

Programming languagesMachine learningBig data frameworksPersonalized recommendationsSearch engineDriveEffective communicationSense of ownership

Required

Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Master in Computer Science or a related technical discipline

Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026

Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Experience in programming, included but not limited to, the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Golang

Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive

Preferred

Experience in one of the following areas is preferred: personalized recommendations, search engine, machine learning, distributed storage system, big data frameworks

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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