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TikTok · 10 hours ago

Software Engineer Intern (Global SRE) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

San Jose, CA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$45/hr - $60/hr

Start in 2026 Spring

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Software Engineer Intern to join their monetization technology team. The intern will engage in the lifecycle of Ads systems, ensuring high availability and reliability while gaining hands-on experience in a dynamic environment.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of Ads systems — from system design consulting through to launch reviews, deployment, operation and refinement

Build availability of services deployed across multiple data centers globally

Deliver tools/software to improve the reliability, scalability and operability of services

Measure and monitor availability, latency and overall service health

Practice sustainable incident response and postmortems

Participate in on-call rotations across continents

Qualification

Programming languagesUnix/LinuxDistributed systemsSRE experienceAutomationProblem-solvingEffective communicationSense of ownership

Required

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

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

Familiarity with Unix/Linux operating systems and IP networking

Experience in problem-solving, application issues, or production operations

Experience in automating routine tasks

Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive

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

Preferred

Experience in SRE of Ads/recommendation systems

Experience designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems

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

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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

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