ML Engineer Intern: Large-Scale Search & ML

TikTok; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 49,000 - 70,000; 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 talented individuals for an internship with the Search team in Seattle. Interns will gain hands-on experience across search features, data analysis, and ML-driven product development while building a foundation for growth.

You will collaborate with engineers, product, data science, and machine learning partners, write maintainable code, and participate in workshops and social events. Applicants should be pursuing CS/CE/related degrees and have basics in Python/Java/C++.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.

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.

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Go

JavaScript

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

TikTok is seeking talented individuals for an internship with the Search team in Seattle. Interns will gain hands-on experience across search features, data analysis, and ML-driven product development while building a foundation for growth.

You will collaborate with engineers, product, data science, and machine learning partners, write maintainable code, and participate in workshops and social events. Applicants should be pursuing CS/CE/related degrees and have basics in Python/Java/C++.