Big Data Engineer Intern (TikTok Recommendation Architecture) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

The Recommendation Architecture Team at TikTok is seeking a Big Data Engineer Intern to contribute to building and optimizing the recommendation system architecture. The internship aims to provide students with industry exposure and hands-on experience. Responsibilities include designing and implementing data architecture, troubleshooting production systems, and developing techniques to transform raw data into meaningful information. TikTok is committed to inspiring creativity and bringing joy through its short-form mobile video platform.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a degree/master in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or a related technical major.
• Familiar with open source frameworks like Hadoop, Hive, Flink, FlinkSQL, Spark, Kafka, HBase, Redis, RocksDB, ElasticSearch.
• Familiar with Java, C ++ and other programming languages.

Benefits

• Industry exposure
• Hands-on experience
• Opportunity to learn and innovate