[Remote] Machine Learning Engineer Intern - TikTok Search Local Services team - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Intern for their Data-Search-TikTok-Local Services team for Summer 2026. The role involves enhancing local services by improving user discovery through large-scale machine learning, focusing on search and recommendation systems.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the improvement of the search core algorithm, possible directions include:
• Large Language Model Application: Building AI search for local service needs by deploying and posttraining LLMs, constructing robust and comprehensive RAGs
• Content understanding/matching: Applying the industry's cutting-edge LLM technology to match the most relevant videos for each search query, and continuously improve the understanding of queries and relevance of TikTok search
• User Behavior Modeling: solving the recommendation problem in search, letting TikTok search increase the ability of personalization on the basis of 'relevant', and understand users better

Skills

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor/Master/PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026
• Experience with coding in Python, Java, Golang, C#, or C++
• Experience deploying, training LLMs or building LLM powered applications
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
• Graduating December 2026 onwards with intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship
• Experience deploying, training LLMs or building LLM powered applications
• Demonstrated software engineering or natural language processing, deep learning experience from previous internship, work experience, coding competitions, or publications
• High levels of creativity and quick problem-solving capabilities

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

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