Software Engineer Intern

Job Overview

The monetization technology team works on building and running large-scale, globally distributed, fault-tolerant ads systems. SREs keep the systems up and running with the highest level of availability, ensuring our users have the best experience possible. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of Ads systems — from system design consulting through to launch reviews, deployment, operation and refinement.


• Build availability of services deployed across multiple data centers globally.


• Deliver tools/software to improve the reliability, scalability and operability of services.


• Measure and monitor availability, latency and overall service health.


• Practice sustainable incident response and postmortems.


• Participate in on-call rotations across continents.

Required Qualifications

• Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Master in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline.


• Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in one or more general-purpose programming languages, including but not limited to C, C++, Java, Python, Perl, or Go.


• Familiarity with Unix/Linux operating systems and IP networking.


• Experience in problem-solving, application issues, or production operations.


• Experience in automating routine tasks.


• Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.


• Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work period during Summer 2026.

About TikTok

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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Benefits

Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.