AI software Engineer Project Intern (Transaction Platform) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

TikTok Inc
  • San Jose, CA
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Our Team is building AI infrastructure and developer platform capabilities used by approximately 500 engineers. The team supports AI-native software development by improving shared tooling, platform workflows, and reusable technical building blocks across the engineering organization.

    As a project intern, you will have the opportunity to engage in impactful short-term projects that provide you with a glimpse of professional real-world experience. You will gain practical skills through on-the-job learning in a fast-paced work environment and develop a deeper understanding of your career interests. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

    What You'll Gain

    • Experience building AI infrastructure and platform capabilities for a real engineering organization of approximately 500 engineers.
    • Exposure to practical challenges in AI-native developer tooling, including knowledge systems, agent capabilities, and platform usability.
    • Opportunities to work on cross-functional infrastructure projects spanning backend, frontend, and developer workflow integration.
    • Mentorship and hands-on experience in applied AI platform engineering within a production engineering environment.

    Responsibilities

    • Contribute to AI infrastructure and platform development that supports internal engineering use cases at scale.
    • Build and improve knowledge base capabilities, including document ingestion, indexing, retrieval, and RAG-style pipelines.
    • Develop and refine AI Skills, including modular agent capabilities and reusable tool integrations.
    • Help optimize the experience of the unified AI Coding platform for engineering users.
    • Support public infrastructure work related to AI-native developer tooling, platform workflows, and internal integration patterns.
    • Collaborate with engineers across backend, frontend, and platform domains to prototype, test, and iterate on developer-facing AI systems.
    • Assist with evaluating system quality, reliability, and usability of AI platform components. Minimum Qualifications:
    • Currently pursuing Undergraduate/Master in Computer Science or a related technical field.
    • Solid programming skills and software engineering fundamentals.
    • Hands-on experience with one or more areas related to AI systems, such as information retrieval, LLM applications, agents, RAG pipelines, or developer tools.
    • Familiarity with backend and/or frontend development in modern engineering environments.
    • Ability to work on infrastructure or platform problems with attention to reliability, maintainability, and developer experience.
    • Strong problem-solving skills and clear written/verbal communication.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Experience with knowledge base systems, document processing pipelines, search, or retrieval infrastructure.
    • Experience building internal tools, developer platforms, or productivity tooling.
    • Familiarity with Java and/or React.
    • Familiarity with engineering workflows and tools such as GitLab, CI/CD systems, or project management platforms such as Meego.
    • Experience with evaluation, debugging, or operational improvement of AI-assisted workflows.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Jose, CA

    Skills

    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Computer Programmingunmatched
    • Computer Scienceunmatched
    • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
    • Continuous Integrationunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Debugging Skillsunmatched
    • Engineeringunmatched
    • Information Retrievalunmatched
    • Knowledge Baseunmatched
    • Machine Toolunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Operational Improvementunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Production Systemsunmatched
    • Programming Toolsunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Prototypingunmatched
    • React.jsunmatched
    • Software Developmentunmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • Systems Reliabilityunmatched
    • Testingunmatched
    • Usability Engineeringunmatched
    • Use Casesunmatched
    • User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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