Data Engineer Intern: Big Data, ETL & Spark

TikTok

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 62,000 - 83,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Data Engineer Intern for Summer 2027 in San Jose. The role focuses on designing data transformations for reporting and growth analysis, and building scalable data systems to support core products.

You will gain hands-on experience with leading Big Data technologies while contributing to robust data pipelines and teamwork across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
  • Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026.
  • Experience in Big Data technologies (Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, ClickHouse, Flink).
  • Experience with performing data analysis, data ingestion and data integration.

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.

Skills

Big Data tech
Data analysis
SQL
ETL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field (preferred)

Tools

Hadoop
Spark
Kafka
Presto

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Data Engineer Intern for Summer 2027 in San Jose. The role focuses on designing data transformations for reporting and growth analysis, and building scalable data systems to support core products.

You will gain hands-on experience with leading Big Data technologies while contributing to robust data pipelines and teamwork across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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