Machine Learning Engineer Intern (TikTok-Data-Search-Basic Ranking) - 2027 Summer

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TikTok is hiring a Machine Learning Engineer Intern for its Search team. The intern will support search feature development and use large-scale data, metrics, and experiments to help improve search behavior and product or system quality.

Responsibilities

Support the design, implementation, testing, and iteration of Search features, services, or tools under the guidance of engineers and mentors Work with large-scale data, logs, metrics, or experiments to understand user search behavior and improve product or system quality Collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and machine learning partners to define requirements and deliver project milestones Write clear, maintainable code and documentation for assigned workstreams Communicate progress, risks, and learnings with mentors and stakeholders throughout the internship

Qualifications: Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline Experience with at least one programming language such as Python, Java, C++, Go, or JavaScript through coursework, projects, internships, or equivalent practical experience Familiarity with data structures, algorithms, software engineering fundamentals, and basic system design concepts All successful candidates must be able to establish authorization to work in the United States For this position, the Company does not provide sponsorship or any immigration-related benefits Experience with search, recommendation, machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, ranking, ads, content understanding, or data mining projects Familiarity with databases, distributed systems, data pipelines, experimentation, or large-scale backend services Experience using data to investigate product, user, or system problems Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and collaborate with cross-functional partners Interest in improving search experiences for large-scale consumer products

Benefits: 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.