TikTok · 2 weeks ago
Software Engineer Intern (Data Arch - ShortText Rec) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)
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.
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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
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
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
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