Data Engineer Intern - Real-Time Data Pipelines

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok Inc. is offering an internship with the Monetization Data team to build scalable data pipelines and analytics platforms for global advertising and monetization products.

Interns will gain hands-on experience working with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and Engineers, while learning data governance, quality checks, and on-call support for critical data pipelines during a 12‑week Summer 2027 program.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and experience working with relational and non-relational databases.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, Go etc.
• Solid understanding of data modeling and data warehousing concepts, data integration and ETL/ELT techniques.
• Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment.
• Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2027.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Product Managers, Data Scientists/Analysts, and Software/Machine Learning Engineers and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver data solutions that meet business needs.
• Evaluate, implement and maintain data infrastructure tools and technologies to support efficient data processing, storage and query.
• Design, build and optimize scalable data pipelines to ingest, process and transform large volumes of data.
• Design and implement robust data models and visualization to support complex analytical queries and reporting requirements.
• Ensure data integrity, accuracy and consistency of data by implementing data quality checks, validation processes and monitoring mechanisms.
• Continuously optimize data pipelines, queries and processes to improve performance, reduce latency and enhance scalability.
• Provide rapid response to SLA oncall support to business critical data pipelines.
• Create and maintain good documentation for data assets and promote best practices for data governance within the data user community.

Skills

SQL

Python

Java

Go

Data Modeling

ETL/ELT

Data Warehousing

Communication

Problem Solving

Team Collaboration

Education

Undergraduate/Master's in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Apache Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

Flink

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Job description

TikTok Inc. is offering an internship with the Monetization Data team to build scalable data pipelines and analytics platforms for global advertising and monetization products.

Interns will gain hands-on experience working with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and Engineers, while learning data governance, quality checks, and on-call support for critical data pipelines during a 12‑week Summer 2027 program.