Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Agentic Creation-Effect Platform) - 2027 Summer San Jose Techn[...]

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

10 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time

Housing allowance

Job summary

TikTok is offering a Software Engineer Intern position for the TikTok-Agentic Creation-Effect Platform in San Jose for the 2027 Summer term. The internship focuses on building creator-facing features across frontend, backend and data pipelines, with emphasis on security, compliance and user impact.

Interns will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable engineering outcomes for a global creator community, while gaining exposure to cutting-edge AI agentic technology and

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end features for creator-facing products, from frontend to backend and data pipelines.
• Collaborate with product, operations, data science and engineering teams to translate business goals into measurable engineering work.
• Ensure usability and reliability for external global creators.

Job description

Discover a career that energizes and excites you every day.

@2026 TikTok

Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Agentic Creation-Effect Platform) - 2027 Summer

Location:

San Jose

Employment Type:

Intern

Job Code:

A29695

Responsibilities

• Participate in team's creator-facing product features, develop projects end-to-end from frontend to backend and big data, while secure compliance and fund safety.
• Participate in the team's core agentic business, deliver high impactful AI agents on trend discovery, personalization signal and creator to support both product and operation requirements for better viral creation supplies.
• Evolve agentic architectures not limited to agent servers, prompt managements, skill workflows, MCP tool establishments and knowledge base solutions.
• Partner with cross functional teams e.g. product, operation, data science and engineering teams to translate business goals into measurable engineering efforts and deliver the best usability experience for external global creators.

Qualifications

Job Information

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $45- $45.

Benefits

• Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more.
• Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year.
• Interns also receive 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:

• 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