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TikTok · 3 hours ago

Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Commerce Ads) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

San Jose, CA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$45/hr - $60/hr

Start in 2026 Spring

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Intern to enhance commerce ads and contribute to the growth of businesses on their platform. The intern will build scalable machine learning systems, improve ad relevance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to explore new shopping experiences.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build highly scalable machine learning systems and state-of-the-art machine learning models to improve ads ranking quality and optimize advertisers' marketing strategies. Examples include but are not limited to click through rate prediction, conversion rate prediction, intelligent format selection and user journey optimization

Explore, develop and experiment with new features to improve model accuracy

Understand ads platform objectives and take full advantage of modern machine learning to improve ads relevance, quality, and quantity delivered to end-users

Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other disciplines to explore the next generation of shopping experiences on TikTok

Qualification

Machine LearningPythonTensorFlowC/C++GoStatisticsDeep LearningAnalytical ThinkingCollaborationCommunication

Required

Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Master in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline

Solid programming skills, including but not limited to: Go, C/C++, Python. Familiar with basic data structure and algorithms. Familiar with Linux development environment

Good analytical thinking capability. Have essential knowledge and skills in statistics

Good theoretical grounding in the machine and deep learning concepts and techniques (CNN/RNN/LSTM, etc.)

Familiar with the architecture and implementation of at least one mainstream machine learning programming framework (TensorFlow/PyTorch/MXNet), familiar with its architecture and implementation mechanism

Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work period during Summer 2026

Preferred

Good understanding in one of the following domains: ads bidding & auction, ads quality control, and online advertising systems (familiar with one or more of these terms: CPC/CPM, CTR/CVR, Ranking /Targeting, Conversion/Budget, Campaign/Creative, Demand/Inventory, DSP/RTB)

Experience in resource management and task scheduling with large-scale distributed software (such as Spark and TensorFlow)

Relevant work or research experiences in search and recommendation

Benefits

Day one access to health insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)

Housing allowance

Company

TikTok

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TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.

Founded in 2003

Los Angeles, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiktok.com

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