Algorithm Engineer Intern (TikTok Shop Global E-Commerce, Knowledge Graph) - 2026 Start (PhD)

Responsibilities

Team Introduction
Our team is responsible for developing large scale product knowledge graphs to improve the online shopping experience. We are currently looking for talented software engineers that have a deep understanding of Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision (CV), Multimodality Large Model (MLLM), Deep Learning (DL), Reinforcement Learning (RL), Generative AI and Machine Learning(ML).

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026*. PhD Internships at TikTok aim to provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, and to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally.

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

Successful candidates must be able to commit to at least 3 months long internship period.

Responsibilities
- Responsible for building and continuously optimizing algorithm solutions in product profiling construction & product information quality improvement etc. to accelerate supply operational efficiencies in global e-commerce markets;
- Responsible for continuously optimizing fundamental algorithms of unified product representations to further improve traffic efficiencies in global e-commerce markets.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, engineering or quantitative field.