Software Engineer Project Intern (Global E-Commerce Search Infrastructure) - 2026 Start
Core
Design and develop high-performance, low-latency online search services and scalable data pipelines for TikTok Shop's global e-commerce platform.
Role type
Software Engineer Project Intern (Search Infrastructure)
Builds
High-availability search services, real-time data pipelines, and globalized recommendation systems.
Domain
E-Commerce, Distributed Systems, Information Retrieval
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
C++, Go, Java, Python, Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design
Preferred skills
Distributed Storage, Big Data Frameworks, Vector Similarity Search, Search Engines
Technologies
Flink, Kafka, Spark, Lucene, Elasticsearch, Vespa, RocksDB, Redis, FAISS, HNSW
Responsibilities
Design and develop high-performance search services; Build scalable data pipelines; Optimize latency and throughput for high-QPS services; Participate in next-generation search infrastructure research; Collaborate with ML engineers to productionize models.
Seniority
Intern
