Data AI Engineer Intern (Global Payment) - 2027 Start

ByteDance; Singapore; On-site; SGD 17,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

ByteDance Singapore is seeking an internship to build the data warehouse, design data models and develop offline and real-time data pipelines for the global payment and financial business. You will collaborate across teams to advance data governance, analytics, and AI applications on enterprise data, including LLM‑based solutions, with hands‑on exposure to modern big data tech.

You will gain practical experience, participate in workshops and development programs, and build foundational skills

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree or above.
• End-to-end data pipeline development experience.
• Hands-on with Hive, Spark, Flink, Kafka, ClickHouse, StarRocks or Doris.
• Strong business acumen, communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the construction of the global payment data warehouse and data model design, and develop offline and real-time data pipelines.
• Oversee global payment data governance, metric system development and data service delivery, ensuring data accuracy, stability and consistency.
• Develop AI applications on enterprise data aligned with business scenarios, including intelligent Q&A, data analysis assistants, knowledge retrieval and automated insight generation.
• Process structured and unstructured data, and build foundational data infrastructure and knowledge bases for AI applications.
• Participate in architecture design for LLM-based applications, and drive the development and iterative optimization of Agents, Skills and performance evaluation frameworks.
• Promote the productization and platformization of data capabilities to fuel the intelligent upgrade of business operations.

Skills

SQL

Data warehouse modeling

Data pipelines

Business acumen

Communication

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Hive

Spark

Flink

Kafka

ClickHouse

StarRocks

Doris

Job description

Responsibilities

Build the data warehouse and implement data intelligence applications for the global payment & financial business. Deliver data modeling, pipeline development, data governance optimization and data service construction around core business scenarios, and drive the engineering rollout of AI applications built on business data to support business analysis, operational efficiency improvement and intelligent transformation.

Global Payment serves multiple core businesses including TikTok, TikTok Shop, Ads, CapCut and local life services, covering over 50 countries and regions. Its business scope spans payments, digital wallets, financial services, insurance and more. Characterized by globalization, high concurrency, low-latency requirements, strict compliance rules and complex transaction pipelines, the business imposes high standards for data infrastructure, real-time analytics and intelligent capabilities.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. Our internship program offers students hands‑on experience, industry exposure, and opportunities to apply their knowledge to real‑world challenges while building a strong foundation for personal and professional growth.

Interns will gain practical experience, explore potential career paths, and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops alongside industry professionals.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the construction of the global payment data warehouse and data model design, and develop offline and real‑time data pipelines.
• Oversee global payment data governance, metric system development and data service delivery, ensuring data accuracy, stability and consistency.
• Develop AI applications on enterprise data aligned with business scenarios, including intelligent Q&A, data analysis assistants, knowledge retrieval and automated insight generation.
• Process structured and unstructured data, and build foundational data infrastructure and knowledge bases for AI applications.
• Participate in architecture design for LLM‑based applications, and drive the development and iterative optimization of Agents, Skills and performance evaluation frameworks.
• Promote the productization and platformization of data capabilities to fuel the intelligent upgrade of business operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree or above
• Proficient in SQL, familiar with data warehouse modeling theories and practices, with end‑to‑end data pipeline development experience.
• Hands-on experience with at least one of the tech stacks including Hive, Spark, Flink, Kafka, ClickHouse, StarRocks and Doris.
• Strong business acumen, communication skills and cross‑team collaboration capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with the development lifecycle of LLM applications; knowledgeable about RAG, vector search, knowledge bases, prompting techniques and Agents.
• Prior experience in internet finance, payments, transaction systems, risk control, clearing & settlement, business analytics or AI application deployment is preferred.
• Candidates with academic background or internship experience in data development or data warehousing are preferred.

Job Information

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.