Software Development Engineer in Test Intern (Global E-Commerce) - 2027 Summer San Jose Technol[...]

TikTok; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Housing allowance

10 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

TikTok offers an internship in San Jose focusing on building and maintaining automation for functional, regression, integration, and performance testing. You will work with developers and stakeholders to translate product requirements into effective quality strategies and participate in design discussions to identify risks.

The role emphasizes AI testing initiatives and creating reusable testing tools. Currently pursuing a CS degree, you will contribute to testing workflows while learning modern

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Understanding of software testing fundamentals, networking, databases, algorithms, and system design.
• Hands-on coding ability and basic understanding of development and debugging workflows.
• Strong execution ability, learning agility, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside developers and cross-functional stakeholders to understand product requirements and translate them into effective quality strategies.
• Build and maintain automation solutions for functional, regression, integration, and performance testing.
• Participate in requirement reviews and technical design discussions to identify quality risks and improve testability.
• Develop reusable tools, scripts, and frameworks that improve engineering efficiency and reduce manual testing effort.
• Analyze bottlenecks in quality workflows and help improve testing processes, tools, and platform capabilities.
• Support AI testing initiatives, including validating AI-enabled features, improving automated test generation, or using AI-assisted quality workflows to increase testing effectiveness.

Skills

Coding ability

Testing fundamentals

Networking basics

Databases

Algorithms

System design

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS

Job description

Location:

San Jose

Employment Type:

Intern

Job Code:

A146636A

Responsibilities

• Work alongside developers and cross-functional stakeholders to understand product requirements and translate them into effective quality strategies.


• Build and maintain automation solutions for functional, regression, integration, and performance testing.


• Participate in requirement reviews and technical design discussions to identify quality risks and improve testability.


• Develop reusable tools, scripts, and frameworks that improve engineering efficiency and reduce manual testing effort.


• Analyze bottlenecks in quality workflows and help improve testing processes, tools, and platform capabilities.


• Support AI testing initiatives, including validating AI-enabled features, improving automated test generation, or using AI-assisted quality workflows to increase testing effectiveness.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.


• Understanding of software testing fundamentals, networking, databases, algorithms, and system design.


• Hands-on coding ability and basic understanding of development and debugging workflows.


• Strong execution ability, learning agility, and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest in test automation, quality engineering, developer tools, or scalable testing infrastructure.


• Experience from internships, academic projects, competitions, or research related to software engineering or testing.


• Interest in AI testing, intelligent automation, or evaluating the quality and reliability of AI-driven product features.


• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, collaborative, and globally distributed team environment.

Job Information

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $35- $35.

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.

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

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:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;

3. Exercising sound judgment.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an \"Always Day 1\" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok Accommodation

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request