Location AI Scientist Intern

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Housing allowance

Paid holidays

Job summary

TikTok Location Based Service Team seeks a PhD candidate for a 12-week Summer internship focused on location-enabled products and ML research. You will work on POI data production, recommendations, geocoding, and user profiling, contributing to international product support and optimization.

Ideal candidates are pursuing a PhD in a related field and have strong programming skills (Python, Golang or C++), ML framework experience, and solid knowledge of algorithms and data structures.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in a related technical discipline.
• Commit to 12 weeks during Summer 2027.
• Proficient in Python, Golang or C++.
• Strong understanding of architectures, data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with TensorFlow, Caffe, MXNet, PyTorch or similar ML frameworks.
• Good teamwork and communication.

Responsibilities

• Work on ML models and algorithms for POI data production, recommendation, reviews sentiment analysis and ranking, geocoding, and user profiling.
• Develop strategies to enhance Location-Based Services for international products.
• Analyze problems and devise algorithms tailored to various domains, optimizing performance.

Skills

Python

Golang

C++

TensorFlow

Education

PhD in Software Development, CS, or CE

Job description

TikTok Location Based Service Team seeks a PhD candidate for a 12-week Summer internship focused on location-enabled products and ML research. You will work on POI data production, recommendations, geocoding, and user profiling, contributing to international product support and optimization.

Ideal candidates are pursuing a PhD in a related field and have strong programming skills (Python, Golang or C++), ML framework experience, and solid knowledge of algorithms and data structures.