ML Engineer Intern: Search & Ranking (Campus)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Housing allowance

Paid holidays

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

TikTok is offering a campus internship with the Search team, focused on building search features and large-scale ML systems. You will collaborate with engineers, product, data science, and ML partners to design, implement, test, and iterate features while gaining hands-on experience and growth opportunities.

Interns receive day-one health and wellbeing benefits, a housing allowance where eligible, and an hourly pay range of $45–$60 for campus interns.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field.
• Experience with at least one programming language such as Python, Java, C++, Go, or JavaScript through coursework, projects, internships, or equivalent practical experience.
• Familiarity with data structures, algorithms, software engineering fundamentals, and basic system design concepts.

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

CS/CE/EE/Data Science

Tools

Databases

Distributed systems

Data pipelines

Experimentation

Backend services

Job description

TikTok is offering a campus internship with the Search team, focused on building search features and large-scale ML systems. You will collaborate with engineers, product, data science, and ML partners to design, implement, test, and iterate features while gaining hands-on experience and growth opportunities.

Interns receive day-one health and wellbeing benefits, a housing allowance where eligible, and an hourly pay range of $45–$60 for campus interns.