About the role#
The E-commerce Recommendation Infra team builds and optimizes the infrastructure that powers product recommendations on TikTok Shop. We work with machine learning engineers to create scalable systems that support large-scale models and algorithms across live-streaming and short videos.
What you'll do#
- Build and maintain high performance online services for the TikTok recommendation system.
- Develop efficient, reliable data pipelines for candidate generation, profile creation, and real-time online training.
- Design and develop high performance computing frameworks and storage systems.
- Work alongside a mentor to build globalized, large-scale recommendation systems.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in an Undergraduate or Master's degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Availability for a 12-week full-time internship during Summer 2027.
- Proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: C, C++, Java, or Golang.
- Strong communication skills and a sense of ownership.
- Demonstrated software engineering experience through previous internships, work, coding competitions, or publications.
- Experience with personalized recommendations, search engines, machine learning, distributed storage, or big data frameworks is a plus.
Location & details#
- Location: Seattle, Washington.
- Type: Full-time internship.
- Compensation: $42.75 per hour.
- Work modality: On-site.
About TikTok
TikTok operates as an entertainment provider. The company maintains a global presence with offices in cities including Los Angeles, Singapore, New York, London, and Tokyo. It employs over 92,000 people. The organization is privately held.
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