(General Hire) Software Engineer Intern (Monetization Tech) - 2025 Summer (BS/MS)

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.

Monetization Technology teams are building the next-generation monetization platforms to help millions of customers grow their businesses, utilizing our products like TikTok. Our teams develop a wide variety of advertisements for numerous uses including feeds, live streaming, branding, measurement, targeting, vertical solutions, creative solutions, and business integrity.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2025. 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.

Internships at TikTok aim to provide students with hands-on experience in developing fundamental skills and exploring potential career paths. A vibrant blend of social events and enriching development workshops will be available for you to explore. Here, you will utilize your knowledge in real-world scenarios while laying a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. It runs for 12 weeks beginning in May/June 2025 . Successful candidates must be able to commit to one of the following summer internship start dates below:
- Monday, May 12
- Monday, May 19
- Tuesday May 27 (Memorial Day May 26)
- Monday, June 9
- Monday, June 23

Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).

Online Assessment
Candidates who pass resume evaluation will be invited to participate in TikTok's technical online assessment through HackerRank.

Responsibilities:
• Create innovative monetization products that drive engagement and business outcomes.
• Develop highly scalable services that power new ad products for billions of requests.
• Implement new ad solutions that will continuously protect the user experiences on TikTok.
• Collaborate with strategy teams, product managers, and other key stakeholders to define products and drive initiatives from an engineering perspective.
• Contribute to the success of a rapidly growing and evolving organization with speediness and quality.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
• Currently pursuing a BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other relevant majors.
• Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Go, C/C++, Python, Java, JavaScript.
• Ability to think critically and to formulate solutions to problems in a clear and concise way.
• Strong communication and excellent teamwork skills; being agile and a self-starter.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Good understanding in one of the following domains: ad tech, bidding, ranking, recommendation, search, backend, frontend, large-scale systems, or data pipeline.
• Good product sense and experience designing and implementing product features.

General Hire: If you see the "general hire" in the title of this position, it means that the position is for multiple departments. After applying for this role, your profile will be considered for multiple openings across the department; team-matching will be conducted by hiring managers based on your interview results.
The department this position is considered for include but not limited to:
- Global Monetization Product and Technology-Creative Intelligence and Brand Innovation Technology-Brand Innovation
- Global Monetization Product and Technology-Ads Interface and Platform-Brand Ads Technology
- Global Monetization Product and Technology-Ads Interface and Platform-Performance Ads and Partnership Technology
- Global Monetization Product and Technology-Ads Interface and Platform-Horizontal Technology-Platform Frontend
- Global Monetization Product and Technology-Web Ads and E-Commerce Technology-Closed-loop Monetization Technology
- Global Monetization Product and Technology-Creative Intelligence and Brand Innovation Technology-Brand Innovation
- Global Monetization Product and Technology-Ads Interface and Platform-Horizontal Technology-Platform Service

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2.