Fullstack Software Engineer Intern — AI-Driven E‑commerce

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 73,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Housing allowance

Paid holidays

Paid sick time

Job summary

TikTok invites students to join the Global E-Commerce internship to build and evolve fullstack solutions for e-commerce experiences at scale. You will contribute to frontend and backend features, APIs, internal tools, platform components, and service integrations while learning from experienced engineers in a fast-moving, globally distributed team.

As an intern, you will gain practical experience, participate in social events, development workshops, and industry exposure, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Familiarity with fullstack development and proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, Golang, Python, Scala, C++, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Basic understanding of data structures, algorithms, computer networks, databases, and web application fundamentals.
• Familiarity with frontend and backend technologies, such as modern web frameworks, APIs, relational databases, cache systems, or messaging systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop efficient, scalable, and secure fullstack solutions that support E-commerce product experiences and platform operations.
• Contribute to both frontend and backend development, including user-facing features, APIs, internal tools, platform components, and service integrations.
• Assist with optimizing application performance, data processing, system reliability, and overall user experience under the guidance of experienced engineers.
• Participate in system design discussions, code reviews, testing, debugging, and end-to-end feature delivery as part of the development lifecycle.
• Learn and apply AI-assisted development practices to improve coding efficiency, documentation, debugging, testing, and engineering productivity.
• Explore fullstack scenarios that support AI-enabled product features, workflow automation, or intelligent decision-making capabilities where applicable.

Skills

Fullstack development

Java

Golang

Python

Scala

C++

JavaScript

TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Job description

TikTok invites students to join the Global E-Commerce internship to build and evolve fullstack solutions for e-commerce experiences at scale. You will contribute to frontend and backend features, APIs, internal tools, platform components, and service integrations while learning from experienced engineers in a fast-moving, globally distributed team.

As an intern, you will gain practical experience, participate in social events, development workshops, and industry exposure, with opportunities to