Researcher Intern (Intelligent Creation-Vision and Graphics) - 2026 Start (PhD)

TikTok; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 64,781 - 92,264; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays

Paid sick time

Housing allowance (if not remote)

Job summary

A leading technology company is looking for PhD Interns to contribute to research in computer vision and machine learning. Interns will solve complex problems, create impactful features, and work alongside industry experts. This 12-week Summer 2025 internship offers a competitive hourly rate of $57, health benefits, paid holidays, and opportunities for hands-on experience in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2025.
• Strong track record of research in computer vision and machine learning.
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment.

Responsibilities

• Build new features that impact millions of users globally.
• Solve complex technical problems.
• Conduct cutting-edge research in computer vision and machine learning.

Skills

Computer vision

Machine learning

Algorithms

Programming

Research collaboration

Independent work

Education

Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

Our team's mission is to empower content interaction and creation using CV related technologies. We focus on cutting‑edge R&D in areas like video understanding, multimodal understanding, image and video synthesis, 3D vision and intelligent editing. We are looking for Research Interns in the area of computer vision and machine learning at all levels at TikTok.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. Internships at ByteDance aim to offer students industry exposure and hands‑on experience. Turn your ambitions into reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at ByteDance.

PhD Internship

PhD internships at ByteDance provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, and to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies. Our dynamic internship experience blends hands‑on learning, enriching community‑building and development events, and collaboration with industry experts.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).

Internship Responsibilities

• Build new features that touch hundreds of millions of people around the world
• Solve unique, large‑scale, highly complex technical problems
• Build the next‑generation monetization platform to help millions of customers grow their businesses
• Work with your mentor to deliver product features and make engineering improvements
• Build world‑class web applications that combine usability, accessibility, elegance, performance, and maintainability
• Conduct cutting‑edge research and development in computer vision, machine learning and other related fields
• Work with Research Scientists to deliver advanced technologies to TikTok products

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2025
• Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
• Strong track record of research in one or more areas of computer vision, computer graphics and machine learning, preferring candidates with publications in top‑tier venues such as SIGGRAPH/SIGGRAPH Asia, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR.
• Highly competent in algorithms and programming.
• Work and collaborate well with team members.
• Ability to work independently.
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduating December 2025 onwards with the intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship.
• Demonstrated software engineering experience from previous internship, work experience, coding competitions, or publications.
• High levels of creativity and quick problem‑solving capabilities.

Job Information

Compensation Description (Hourly) – Campus Intern: The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $57 – $57.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day‑one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.

EEO Statement and Candidate Eligibility

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
• Exercising sound judgment.

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