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Software Engineer Intern (Recommendation Architecture, Feeds Infrastructure) - 2027 Summer

TikTok · Seattle, WA

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Job details

Employment
Internship
Level
Internship
Education
Bachelor's degree
Posted
Oct 4, 2026
Last confirmed open
Oct 7, 2026
Job description

About this role

Public source summary from intern-list.com / Jobright.

TikTok is a short-form mobile video platform focused on inspiring creativity and helping users discover and connect. The Software Engineer Intern will help build large-scale recommendation systems and reliable data pipelines supporting candidate generation, ranking, profile generation, training-example generation, and real-time online training.

The role also includes supporting AI-assisted release processes and production operations.

Responsibilities

Build globalized large-scale recommendation system Build extremely efficient and reliable data pipelines for candidates generation, ranking system, profile generation, training examples generation, realtime online training, etc Coach AI to perform release process and production operations, including online anomaly detection and diagnose, release safeguards, etc

Qualifications: Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline Experience in programming, included but not limited to the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Golang Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive Currently pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline Experience in AI coding

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.

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