Job Description

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. Internships at TikTok aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Turn your ambitions into reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at TikTok.

Internships at TikTok aim to provide students with hands-on experience in developing fundamental skills and exploring potential career paths. A vibrant blend of social events and enriching development workshops will be available for you to explore. Here, you will utilize your knowledge in real-world scenarios while laying a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. It runs for 12 weeks.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as early as possible. Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).

Online Assessment

Candidates who pass resume evaluation will be invited to participate in TikTok's technical online assessment in HackerRank.

Summer Start Dates:

- May 11th, 2026

- May 18th, 2026

- May 26th, 2026

- June 8th, 2026

- June 22nd, 2026

About the team:

The Data Platform Global Live team is dedicated to empowering the growth of TikTok LIVE business through big data. We support our businesses in achieving their missions by building high quality real-time and offline data warehouses, creating various forms of efficient and data-friendly data assets, and exploring and implementing business oriented data solutions leveraging big data technology and LLM. We provide stable and reliable data capabilities for daily operations, analyses, decision-making of TikTok LIVE features, in addition to robust data support to enhance live performance for streamers.

As a data engineer in the Global Live team, you will have the opportunity to build, optimize and grow one of the largest data platforms in the world. You'll have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience on all kinds of systems in the data platform ecosystem and explore applications of latest technologies including LLM for data. Your work will have a direct and huge impact on the company's core products as well as hundreds of millions of users.

Responsibilities:

- Understanding business problems, designing and implementing easy-to-use data solutions for businesses.

- Collaborating with data engineers to understand the data system and provide a smooth data usage experience for data users, including but not limited to data discovery, data usage guidance, and promotion of the data system.

- Collaborating with business teams from all over the world to drive user growth and revenue growth.