AI software Engineer Project Intern (Transaction Platform) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

AI software Engineer Project Intern (Transaction Platform) - 2026 Start (BS/MS) at TikTok in San Jose, CA.

Responsibilities

• Our Team is building AI infrastructure and developer platform capabilities used by approximately 500 engineers.
• The team supports AI-native software development by improving shared tooling, platform workflows, and reusable technical building blocks across the engineering organization.

As a project intern, you will have the opportunity to engage in impactful short-term projects that provide you with a glimpse of professional real-world experience. You will gain practical skills through on-the-job learning in a fast-paced work environment and develop a deeper understanding of your career interests.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

What You'll Gain

• Experience building AI infrastructure and platform capabilities for a real engineering organization of approximately 500 engineers.
• Exposure to practical challenges in AI-native developer tooling, including knowledge systems, agent capabilities, and platform usability.
• Opportunities to work on cross-functional infrastructure projects spanning backend, frontend, and developer workflow integration.
• Mentorship and hands-on experience in applied AI platform engineering within a production engineering environment.
• Contribute to AI infrastructure and platform development that supports internal engineering use cases at scale.
• Build and improve knowledge base capabilities, including document ingestion, indexing, retrieval, and RAG-style pipelines.
• Develop and refine AI Skills, including modular agent capabilities and reusable tool integrations.
• Help optimize the experience of the unified AI Coding platform for engineering users.
• Support public infrastructure work related to AI-native developer tooling, platform workflows, and internal integration patterns.
• Collaborate with engineers across backend, frontend, and platform domains to prototype, test, and iterate on developer-facing AI systems.
• Assist with evaluating system quality, reliability, and usability of AI platform components.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing Undergraduate/Master in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Solid programming skills and software engineering fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with one or more areas related to AI systems, such as information retrieval, LLM applications, agents, RAG pipelines, or developer tools.
• Familiarity with backend and/or frontend development in modern engineering environments.
• Ability to work on infrastructure or platform problems with attention to reliability, maintainability, and developer experience.
• Strong problem-solving skills and clear written/verbal communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with knowledge base systems, document processing pipelines, search, or retrieval infrastructure.
• Experience building internal tools, developer platforms, or productivity tooling.
• Familiarity with Java and/or React.
• Familiarity with engineering workflows and tools such as GitLab, CI/CD systems, or project management platforms such as Meego.
• Experience with evaluation, debugging, or operational improvement of AI-assisted workflows.

About the Company

The Global Business Solutions (GBS) team is responsible for the revenue growth of the TikTok business, and our teams include Sales, Marketing, Ops, Account Managers, Agency and partnerships, as well as Marketing Science.

At TikTok, our Global Business Solutions (GBS) team plays a key role in generating revenue by promoting our advertising solutions, onboarding new clients, driving ad campaigns, and more. As the TikTok community grows at an unprecedented speed around the world, our GBS team leads groundbreaking projects that are changing the landscape of the advertising industry in real time.

We're seeking an analytically driven, and detail-oriented Client Solutions Manager (CSM) Intern to join our Ecommerce Team. As a CSM, you will partner closely with Client Partners and Client Solutions Managers to drive revenue by identifying opportunities, leveraging data insights, and delivering consultative solutions for advertisers.

This role centers on client education, relationship growth, data analysis, and campaign success. You will provide strategic recommendations to both clients and internal teams, ensuring campaigns achieve business objectives while optimizing long-term partnerships. Success in this role requires strong data analytics skills, adaptability in a fast-paced environment, and a test-and-learn mindset to uncover the best solutions.