Machine Learning Engineer Intern — Shape Search with Data

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays

Paid sick time

Housing allowance

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Intern for Summer 2027 in San Jose to contribute to data-search quality. You will design, implement, test, and iterate search features under the guidance of engineers and mentors.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and machine learning partners to deliver milestones, write clean code, and produce documentation for your workstreams. Benefits include health and life insurance, wellbeing, paid holidays, and housing allowance

Responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation, testing, and iteration of Search features, services, or tools under the guidance of engineers and mentors.
• Work with large-scale data, logs, metrics, or experiments to understand user search behavior and improve product or system quality.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and machine learning partners to define requirements and deliver project milestones.
• Write clear, maintainable code and documentation for assigned workstreams.
• Communicate progress, risks, and learnings with mentors and stakeholders throughout the internship.

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Intern for Summer 2027 in San Jose to contribute to data-search quality. You will design, implement, test, and iterate search features under the guidance of engineers and mentors.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and machine learning partners to deliver milestones, write clean code, and produce documentation for your workstreams. Benefits include health and life insurance, wellbeing, paid holidays, and housing allowance