Overview
This internship sits within TikTok’s Eng-AI Innovation Center, where advanced artificial intelligence research is applied directly to real-world products. You’ll work on next-generation large language models that help machines better understand content and code at massive scale. The role blends deep research with production impact, giving you exposure to how AGI ideas move from theory to deployment.
What You'll Get Out of This Internship
- Hands-on experience building and improving large language models used in production systems
- Mentorship from senior researchers and engineers working at the frontier of AI
- Exposure to multi-modal AI involving text, code, video, image, and audio
- Opportunities to publish, prototype, or contribute to impactful internal AI systems
- A strong research and engineering portfolio tied to real platform challenges
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and improve language models that understand, reason about, and generate code
- Apply AI research to large production codebases to improve performance and reliability
- Explore AI agents that automate code optimization and developer workflows
- Test and refine model behavior in real business environments
- Collaborate with engineers to align research ideas with practical system needs
- Analyze model results to improve accuracy, safety, and privacy compliance
- Contribute to long-term AI research directions within the team
Requirements
- PhD student or graduate in AI, machine learning, computer science, or related fields
- Strong programming skills in Python or C/C++
- Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Research experience in machine learning or large language models
- Comfortable reading academic papers and experimenting with new ideas
- Curious, motivated, and able to work through complex problems
Who This Internship Is Ideal For
This role is ideal for PhD-level candidates who enjoy deep technical challenges and want their AI research to directly shape large-scale products.
About the Company
TikTok is a global technology company known for its short-form video platform used by communities around the world. With teams across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, the company focuses on creativity, innovation, and responsible technology. Its research and engineering groups work on problems at massive scale.
Internship Details
Location: Singapore
Duration: To be confirmed
Commitment: Full-time
Working Arrangement (Onsite/Hybrid/Remote): To be confirmed
Stipend (if provided): Not specified
Application Deadline: Rolling basis
