Overview
Join the TikTok Safety Product team for an impactful project-based internship, working at the forefront of content safety optimization. You will contribute to advancing content security systems, specifically leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance review efficiency and control risk on a rapidly growing global platform. This role offers direct, professional experience in delivering scalable solutions that maintain user trust and inspire creativity across TikTok’s global community.
💡 What You'll Get Out of This Internship
- LLM & AI Exposure: Gain practical experience in utilizing cutting-edge Large Language Models for enhancing product functionality and risk control.
- Impactful Contribution: Work on short-term, high-priority projects that directly contribute to core business metrics like review efficiency and user safety.
- Global Product Insight: Develop a deep understanding of the challenges and scalable solutions required to manage content safety for a massive global user base.
- Innovation Culture: Immerse yourself in TikTok’s "Always Day 1" mindset, fostering resilience, curiosity, and a willingness to iterate and innovate with a diverse team.
- Career Clarity: Gain valuable, professional, real-world experience to better define your career interests within the product and safety technology space.
🎯 Key Responsibilities
- Project Execution: Take ownership of defined short-term projects, ensuring timely delivery of objectives aligned with product safety goals.
- Process Optimization: Analyze existing content review workflows and propose data-driven solutions to enhance operational efficiency using LLMs or automation.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and safety operations teams to gather requirements and validate solutions.
- Data Synthesis: Collect, clean, and synthesize data related to content safety performance and risk metrics for analysis and reporting.
- Documentation: Create clear, comprehensive documentation for project methodologies, key findings, and implementation guides.
- System Testing: Assist in testing and validating new safety features or LLM-based tools before deployment to ensure accuracy and effectiveness.
- Market Benchmarking: Conduct limited research on industry best practices and competitor safety systems to inform product strategy.
✅ Required Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a degree in a quantitative or technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science) or Business/Product Management.
- Demonstrated strong interest in content safety, AI/LLMs, or consumer product development.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with a detail-oriented approach to project work.
- Ability to commit to a continuous internship period of at least three months.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
- Proactive, self-motivated, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, rapidly iterating environment.
🌟 Who This Internship Is Ideal For
This internship is ideal for a curious, resilient student who is passionate about large-scale technological challenges, eager to work at the intersection of AI and content safety, and driven by a mission to inspire creativity and joy for a global community.
🏢 About the Company
TikTok is the world's leading destination for short-form mobile video, driven by a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy across its global community. With co-headquarters in Los Angeles and Singapore, the innovative product is supported by diverse teams who lead with humility, curiosity, and a commitment to making a meaningful impact in a rapidly growing tech environment.
📋 Internship Details
Location: Singapore
Duration: Minimum 3 Months
Commitment: Full-Time
Working Arrangement (Onsite/Hybrid/Remote): To be discussed during interview
Stipend (if provided): To be discussed during interview
Application Deadline: Rolling Basis (Apply Early)
