PhD Internship: Monetization AI & Ad Tech

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Housing allowance

Paid holidays

Job summary

TikTok is offering a PhD internship in 2027 within Global Monetization Product and Technology. You will work on advanced advertising and foundation model research, exploring large-scale models, retrieval, ranking, and AIGC material generation.

The role emphasizes hands-on learning, collaboration with industry experts, and contributing to real-world monetization solutions. The program seeks PhD students in CS/CE with strong ML/NLP/CV background, and offers a dynamic internship experience with

Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Modeling experience in Ads, Search, Recommender Systems, NLP or CV.
• Solid foundation in algorithms related to LLMs and practical deployment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to TikTok's foundation model research for advertising and monetization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prototype and evaluate intelligent ad placement.

Skills

Ads modeling

Recommender systems

NLP/CV basics

Education

PhD candidate in CS/CE or related

PhD coursework in ML/AI

Tools

Python

C/C++

Job description

TikTok is offering a PhD internship in 2027 within Global Monetization Product and Technology. You will work on advanced advertising and foundation model research, exploring large-scale models, retrieval, ranking, and AIGC material generation.

The role emphasizes hands-on learning, collaboration with industry experts, and contributing to real-world monetization solutions. The program seeks PhD students in CS/CE with strong ML/NLP/CV background, and offers a dynamic internship experience with