ML Engineer Intern — Search & Relevance in E‑Commerce

TikTok; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Housing allowance

10 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time

Job summary

TikTok in Seattle is offering a 12-week internship in software development focused on search features. You will design, implement, test, and iterate search-related services under mentorship, analyzing large-scale data to improve user experience and product quality.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and ML teams to define requirements, write clear code and documentation, and communicate progress and learnings to mentors and stakeholders throughout the internship.

Qualifications

• Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work.
• Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Proficient coding skills and strong algorithm & data structure basis.
• Effective communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience in NLP, Ranking, Ads, search engine, recommender system, distributed system, and machine learning.

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

Coding skills

Algorithms

Data structures

Communication

Teamwork

NLP

Ranking

Ads

Search engine

Machine learning

Education

PhD candidate in Software Development/Computer Science/Computer Engineering

Job description

TikTok in Seattle is offering a 12-week internship in software development focused on search features. You will design, implement, test, and iterate search-related services under mentorship, analyzing large-scale data to improve user experience and product quality.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and ML teams to define requirements, write clear code and documentation, and communicate progress and learnings to mentors and stakeholders throughout the internship.