Software Engineer Intern — AI & Search Systems

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 73,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Housing allowance

10 paid holidays per year

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a motivated student for a campus internship with TikTok Search, building next-generation search experiences for hundreds of millions of users. You will work on challenging problems at the intersection of information retrieval, ML, NLP, and LLMs, and gain hands-on experience while applying knowledge to real-world challenges.

The internship runs for 12 weeks in 2027 in San Jose, with opportunities to collaborate with product managers, researchers, and engineers, participate in

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
• Strong programming skills in C++, Python, Go or Java.
• Ability to learn quickly and solve complex technical problems.
• Good communication and collaboration in a team.
• Able to commit to a 12-week internship in 2027.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize search systems and features for hundreds of millions of users.
• Work on large-scale problems in search quality, ranking, query understanding, retrieval, and system reliability.
• Explore integration of search engine technologies and LLMs to improve user experience.
• Develop algorithms and systems for next-generation search experiences.
• Collaborate with product managers, researchers, and engineers to translate user needs into scalable solutions.
• Apply ML, information retrieval, NLP, and LLM techniques to improve search quality.

Skills

C++

Python

Go

Java

Algorithms

Data structures

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Git

Linux

Job description

TikTok is seeking a motivated student for a campus internship with TikTok Search, building next-generation search experiences for hundreds of millions of users. You will work on challenging problems at the intersection of information retrieval, ML, NLP, and LLMs, and gain hands-on experience while applying knowledge to real-world challenges.

The internship runs for 12 weeks in 2027 in San Jose, with opportunities to collaborate with product managers, researchers, and engineers, participate in