Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Monetization GenAI) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

TikTok
San Jose, California

About the job

We are Generative AI team under Monetization Technology. Our team focuses on developing cutting-edge Generative AI techs across all modalities, including text, image, videos, landing pages, etc., and creates industry-leading technical solutions to improve creative efficiency for advertisers, agencies and creators. We are committed to automated creative workflows by leveraging Generative AI technologies, to increase overall revenue for advertisers, agencies and creators. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. Internships at TikTok aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Turn your ambitions into reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at TikTok.

Responsibilities

Work on research in advancing technology in large language model or multimodality generative model architectures;

Research, implement and evaluate novel machine learning algorithms on generative models;

Collaborate with applied machine learning teams and infrastructure teams to ship new generative models into ad production.

Qualifications

Minimum

BS/MS in computer science, machine learning, or similar fields

Hands-on experience of developing multimodality foundation models and work or internship experience in an AI research organization is a plus

Strong publications record in top conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, etc)

Preferred

No preferred qualifications listed.