Machine Learning Engineer Intern (TikTok-Data-Search-Local Service) - 2027 Start (PhD)

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TikTok is hiring a PhD Machine Learning Engineer Intern to contribute to search products and research. The intern will support the design and improvement of search features and systems using large-scale data, and collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and machine learning partners.

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: Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a PhD degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline Proficient coding skills and strong algorithm & data structure basis Effective communication and teamwork skills Experience in one or more of the following areas: NLP, Ranking, Ads, search engine, recommender system, distributed system, and machine learning 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: Day-one access to health insurance, life insurance, and wellbeing benefits. 10 paid holidays per year. Paid sick time: 56 hours if hired in the first half of the year, or 40 hours if hired in the second half of the year.

Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for a housing allowance.