Research Scientist Intern: Autonomous AI Agents

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Housing allowance

Paid holidays

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture seeks a Research Scientist Intern to advance enterprise agentic AI and autonomous agents using internal datasets, including USDS environments. You will bridge research with production impact, delivering measurable improvements.

This internship blends hands-on learning, collaboration with experts, and opportunities to publish work while contributing to our fast-growing enterprise AI initiatives.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Expertise in AI Agents & LLM Tool Use / Harness Engineering, Reinforcement Learning & Evolutionary Algorithms / Genetic Programming, Code Generation, Automated Software Engineering, or Self-Improving Systems
• Strong implementation skills in Python, paired with system-level language proficiency (Rust, C++, or Go)

Responsibilities

• Research self-improving agents and multi-agent systems to enable autonomous code generation and maintenance.
• Formulate ideas, design methods, run experiments, and publish at AI/ML conferences.
• Study agentic self-evolution with restricted data, addressing safety, memory, and long-horizon stability.
• Create evaluation frameworks to measure runtime, speedups, and labor-cost offloading in engineering and growth.

Skills

Python

Rust

C++

Go

Education

PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture seeks a Research Scientist Intern to advance enterprise agentic AI and autonomous agents using internal datasets, including USDS environments. You will bridge research with production impact, delivering measurable improvements.

This internship blends hands-on learning, collaboration with experts, and opportunities to publish work while contributing to our fast-growing enterprise AI initiatives.