Backend Engineer Project Intern (Global E-Commerce) - 2025 Start (BS/MS)

Responsibilities

About E-Commerce
The E-Commerce industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years and has become a highly contested space amongst leading Internet companies, and its future growth cannot be underestimated. With millions of loyal users globally, we believe TikTok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-Commerce experience to our users.

About the Team
Our Data Platform Business Partnering team is at the core of TikTok E-Commerce business, responsible for generating tremendous amount of data and providing accessing services and applications. We empower many business & engineering teams to analyze and develop innovative strategies and products driving business growth. We are looking for passionate and talented backend engineers to join us to drive the future of E-Commerce together.

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

Responsibilities
- Translate business requirements & end to end designs into technical implementation for building data tools & applications.
- Responsible for building and maintaining data products.
- Involvement in rollouts, upgrades, implementation, and release of data system changes as required for streamlining of internal practices.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- Undergraduate or Postgraduate who is currently pursuing a Degree/Masters in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Solid computer basic knowledge (e.g. data structure & algorithms, SQL and networks).
- Strong coding capabilities and mastering at least one programming language (e.g. C/C++/Java/Python/Golang).

Preferred Qualifications
- Passionate about data warehouse, ETL development, data analysis, and eCommerce.
- Good communication skills and a fast learner of new business and technology knowledge.

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If you have any questions, please reach out to us at apac-earlycareers@tiktok.com.