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Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Data-Global E-Commerce-Search) - 2027 Summer

Seattle, United States of America💼 Internship🗓 2026-09-28

Core

Building search retrieval, ranking, and recommendation systems to improve content discovery for TikTok's global user base.

Role type

Machine Learning Engineer Intern

Builds

Search features, services, and tools for TikTok

Domain

E-commerce / Social Media Search

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, Java, C++, Go, JavaScript, data structures, algorithms, software engineering fundamentals, system design

Preferred skills

search, recommendation, machine learning, information retrieval, NLP, ranking, data mining, databases, distributed systems, data pipelines

Technologies

Python, Java, C++, Go, JavaScript

Responsibilities

Support design, implementation, testing, and iteration of Search features; analyze large-scale data and logs to understand user behavior; collaborate with engineering and data science partners; write maintainable code and documentation; communicate progress and risks with mentors.

Seniority

Intern

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