Software Engineer Intern (TikTok - Effects Performance) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncSoftware Engineer Intern (TikTok - Effects Performance) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CAPartnering closely with rendering, algorithm, and camera pipeline teams, you'll help profile and optimize frame rate, first-frame latency, memory footprint, and power consumption, and help build the tooling that makes this work scale. Assist in the design and implementation of automated performance analysis pipelines, such as automatic trace capture, agent-assisted bottleneck analysis, and regression detection, to assess effect performance at various stages.
Backend Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Growth-Innovative Growth) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncBackend Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Growth-Innovative Growth) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CATypical projects include Search Engine Optimization for organic acquisition, AIGC-powered content generation and quality evaluation, AI / Agentic workflow automation, Auto Research systems for growth opportunity discovery, and backend platforms that support experimentation and large-scale production rollout. Our team focuses on driving user growth through organic traffic channels, content optimization, AIGC technologies, and scalable backend systems across TikTok surfaces such as Web, Lite, and other emerging platforms.
Machine Learning Engineer Intern (TikTok-Data-Search-Visual Search) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncMachine Learning Engineer Intern (TikTok-Data-Search-Visual Search) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CACurrently 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.
Research Scientist Intern (TikTok-Neural Graphics and World Models) - 2027 Start (PhD) TikTok IncResearch Scientist Intern (TikTok-Neural Graphics and World Models) - 2027 Start (PhD)San Jose, CADeep experience in at least one of the following AI-for-graphics areas: 3D modeling, asset generation, or 3D representations; animation or motion generation; simulation or physics-aware learning; rendering or neural rendering; world models or video prediction; or graphics and game-engine workflows. Familiarity with modern generative architectures and training methods such as variational autoencoders, latent tokenizers, diffusion or flow-matching models, diffusion transformers, autoregressive models, multimodal transformers, long-context modeling, pre-training, or post-training.
Machine Learning Eningeer Intern (Brand Ads) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncMachine Learning Eningeer Intern (Brand Ads) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CAThis team owns several ad products: reservation ads, auction ads, and innovative content ads that enable advertisers and users to foster more awareness of their brand to attain their business goals. Minimum Qualifications: Currently pursuing a Undergraduate/ Master's degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Machine Learning Engineer Intern (TikTok-Data-Search-Recommendation) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncMachine Learning Engineer Intern (TikTok-Data-Search-Recommendation) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CACurrently 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.
Backend Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Social-Friending) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncBackend Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Social-Friending) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CAInterns will gain practical experience, explore potential career paths, and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops alongside industry professionals. Minimum Qualifications: Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Master degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Agentic Creation-Effect Platform) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncSoftware Engineer Intern (TikTok-Agentic Creation-Effect Platform) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CAAbout the Team Our team, Agentic Creation - TikTok Effect Platform (TTEP) nurtures TikTok's global ceration ecosystem by covering TikTok creation businesses across the creation tools, website and TikTok app. 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.
Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Agentic Creation-AIGC) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncSoftware Engineer Intern (TikTok-Agentic Creation-AIGC) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CAUsing inference stage techniques such as RAG, CoT, Prompt Engineering to improve TikTok's AI Effect Generation model output Minimum Qualifications: Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/ Master's in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Experience or interest in AR/VR projects, web technologies (React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js), cross-platform development (macOS, Windows, iOS, Android), or graphics APIs (OpenGL, WebGL, DirectX, Metal, Vulkan).
Backend Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-PGC-Creator Strategy) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncBackend Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-PGC-Creator Strategy) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CACurrently pursuing an Undergraduate/Master in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline; Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2027; Experience with Python, Java, Golang, C#, or C++. We are a product facing team and you will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team (Product, Research, Design, and Data) to define and build solutions for creators who inspire members of our community every day.
Research Engineer Intern (Monetization Technology - Business Integrity) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncResearch Engineer Intern (Monetization Technology - Business Integrity) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CAIn particular, existing open-source large models often do not perform as effective as we expect in scenarios involving evolving moderation rules, long-form text, long temporal sequences, multi-languages, limited sample data, and adversarial content generated by AIGC. Hands-on experience implementing, training, or deploying models in one or more of the following areas - Ads, Search, Recommender Systems, NLP, CV, Multimodal, or Agent technologies - through coursework, internships, or industry projects.
Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Generalized Arch-Code Intelligence & Quality Validation) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncSoftware Engineer Intern (TikTok-Generalized Arch-Code Intelligence & Quality Validation) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CADevelop static validation rules (logical and soft constraints) based on the graph, and contribute to the design and implementation of dynamic validation tools (issue reproduction, root cause localization). Interns will gain practical experience, explore potential career paths, and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops alongside industry professionals.
Research Scientist Intern (Monetization Technology - Business Integrity) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncResearch Scientist Intern (Monetization Technology - Business Integrity) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CAIn particular, existing open-source large models often do not perform as effective as we expect in scenarios involving evolving moderation rules, long-form text, long temporal sequences, multi-languages, limited sample data, and adversarial content generated by AIGC. Research experience in one or more of the following areas - Ads, Search, Recommender Systems, NLP, CV, Multimodal, or Agent technologies - demonstrated through publications, thesis work, internships, or research projects.
Frontend Software Engineer Intern (Ads Measurement Signal and Privacy) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncFrontend Software Engineer Intern (Ads Measurement Signal and Privacy) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CAOur Ads Measurement Signal and Privacy team (MSP) is missioned to build our security and governance infrastructure and process for the ads system end-to-end while making sure our platform with large volume of various signals and data are constantly compliant with regional regulations across the world. Key Responsibilities: Build various products to handle signal integration, management and insights through both building in-house TT cutting edge solutions and dealing with many third-party data partners integrations.
Backend Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Privacy and Security) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncBackend Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Privacy and Security) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CATikTok Privacy & Security Product team is responsible for building compliant and user-friendly privacy solutions for TikTok, with the goal of building trust among TikTok users, regulators, and the public. Interns will gain practical experience, explore potential career paths, and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops alongside industry professionals.
Backend Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Search) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncBackend Software Engineer Intern (TikTok-Search) - 2027 SummerSan Jose, CAIn our team, you'll have the opportunity to take part in developing the key features on TikTok Search, understand how TikTok Search could be evolved to be a multi-billion-user product and first-handed experience how user request varies on this giant from time to time. Our team is responsible for providing TikTok search users with first-class search experience by building a strong and robust infrastructure and platform to support product fast iteration and key feature development.
RTL Intern Etched AIRTL InternSan Jose, CABacked by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history. You will work with cutting-edge machine learning architectures, contribute to RTL block development, and participate in the full design cycle-from microarchitecture discussions to synthesis and timing feedback.
GTM Intern Etched AIGTM InternSan Jose, CABacked by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history. Previous work or internship experience in early-stage or high-growth startup ops, GTM, strategy, or chief-of-staff roles.
Inference Intern Etched AIInference InternSan Jose, CAAssist in building, enhancing, and scaling our runtime, including multi-node inference, intra-node execution, state management, and robust error handling. Progress towards a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering, applied mathematics, or a related field.
PD Intern Etched AIPD InternSan Jose, CABacked by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history. As a Physical Design intern for Etched, you will be responsible for realizing our front-end designs in silicon, helping Etched to improve iteration speed to final signoff.