[Remote] Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Monetization Technology - Ads Core Global)- 2026 Start (PhD)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking talented individuals for an internship in their Ads Core ML Team. The role involves optimizing advertising efficiency, researching advanced delivery systems, and collaborating with product and business teams globally.

Responsibilities

• Assist in optimizing efficiency across the entire advertising funnel, including Recall&Rough-sort, Fine-sort(CTR/CVR), format/creative personalization and system resource allocation
• Research & develop a global advanced advertising delivery system through frontier technologies, including ML/DL, RL, LLM and also scaling law in ads recommendation
• Design & Set up system framework and standard to continuously improve overall efficiency and meet different vertical business needs
• Work with product and business teams from various scenarios with global impact

Skills

• Currently pursuing a PhD Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical discipline with 2+ years research or machine learning modeling experience
• Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026
• Solid programming skills, proficient in C/C++ and Python
• Familiar with basic data structure and algorithms
• Familiar with Linux development environment
• Good analytical thinking capability
• Essential knowledge and skills in statistics
• Good theoretical grounding in deep learning concepts and techniques
• Familiar with architecture and implementation of at least one mainstream machine learning programming framework (TensorFlow/Pytorch/MXNet), familiar with its architecture and implementation mechanism
• PhD candidate focused on a statistical learning related field
• Graduating December 2026 onwards with the intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship
• Good knowledge in one of the following fields: Factorization Machine, Uplift Modeling, Diffusion Models, Reinforcement Learning
• Basic understanding of large recommendation system and ads serving system concepts

Benefits

• Day one access to health insurance
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)
• Housing allowance

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