Monetization ML Research Intern: Scalable Moderation Systems

TikTok; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 51,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok in San Jose is offering a Research Engineer Intern (Monetization Technology - Business Integrity) for Summer 2027. You will help build a next‑generation moderation system for monetization, delivering end‑to‑end decisions with interpretable reasoning and automated remediation, collaborating with global teams on scalable ML models.

The internship targets graduate students in CS or related fields, with experience in ML (Ads/Search/Recommendation, NLP, CV), Python, PyTorch or TensorFlow, and

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Automation, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical discipline (completed, or expecting to graduate within 12 months). Exceptional Bachelor's candidates with strong research output will also be considered.
• Hands-on experience implementing, training, or deploying models in Ads, Search, Recommender Systems, NLP, CV, Multimodal, or Agent technologies through coursework, internships, or industry projects.
• Familiarity with fundamentals of large language models (pre-training, fine-tuning, prompting, inference and deployment) with practical experience in at least one stage.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: clean, testable code, version control, and the ability to debug complex systems end to end.
• Proficient in Python and at least one deep learning framework such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Strong problem-solving ability, collaborative mindset, and genuine interest in applying AI to real-world products.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will build a leading moderation system that enables end-to-end capabilities for accurate rejection decisions, interpretable reasoning, and intelligent remediation, achieving fully automated moderation with performance surpassing human benchmarks.

Skills

ML model development

LLMs familiarity

Python

PyTorch/TensorFlow

Software engineering

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in CS

Bachelor's degree candidates

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

DeepSpeed

Megatron

vLLM

TensorRT-LLM

Job description

TikTok in San Jose is offering a Research Engineer Intern (Monetization Technology - Business Integrity) for Summer 2027. You will help build a next‑generation moderation system for monetization, delivering end‑to‑end decisions with interpretable reasoning and automated remediation, collaborating with global teams on scalable ML models.

The internship targets graduate students in CS or related fields, with experience in ML (Ads/Search/Recommendation, NLP, CV), Python, PyTorch or TensorFlow, and