Research Scientist Intern: Ads Core & Monetization Tech

TikTok Inc.

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 68,000 - 97,000

Part time

6 days ago

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Job summary

TikTok Inc. is seeking a Research Scientist Intern (Monetization Technology - Ads Core) for a 2027 start. The internship, located in San Jose, offers hands-on research contributing to automatic delivery products and a world-leading ranking model for the ads platform.

The role requires pursuing a PhD with strong programming in C/C++, Python, and ML frameworks. Internship benefits include health and life insurance, holidays, and housing allowance for non-remote positions.

Qualifications

Pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical discipline.
Solid programming skills, proficient in C/C++ and Python. Familiar with basic data structure and algorithms. Familiar with Linux development environment.
Good analytical thinking capability. Essential knowledge and skills in statistics.
Good theoretical grounding in deep learning concepts and techniques.
Familiar with architecture and implementation of at least one mainstream machine learning programming framework (TensorFlow/PyTorch/MXNet).

Responsibilities

Assist in optimizing efficiency across the entire advertising funnel, including Recall & Rough-sort, Fine-sort (CTR/CVR), format/creative personalization and system resource allocation.
Research & develop a global advanced advertising delivery system through frontier technologies, including ML/DL, RL, LLM and scaling law in ads recommendation.
Design & Set up system framework and standard to continuously improve overall efficiency and meet different vertical business needs.
Work with product and business teams from various scenarios with global impact.