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

Remote role Full-time Open position

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. They are seeking an intern for the Tech and Product team of TikTok USDS to empower users with strong data security and privacy protections while gaining hands-on experience in developing machine learning models and tools.

Responsibilities

  • Build ML models (clustering, graph mining, sequence, LLM) and data mining tools, analyzing user behaviors and attack patterns for risk control detection and mitigation
  • Or build recall models for users in support of our recommendations systems to ensure better user experience across devices

Skills

  • Currently pursuing a Undergraduate/Master in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Economics, Statistics, or a related technical discipline
  • Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026
  • Experience writing code in Java, Go, Python or a similar language
  • Graduating December 2026 onwards with the intent to return to degree program after completion of the internships

Benefits

  • 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 Overview

  • TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance. It was founded in 2003, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.tiktok.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • TikTok has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 979 in 2025, 601 in 2024, 387 in 2023, 322 in 2022, 133 in 2021, 72 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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