Machine Learning (LLM Application) - Global Live - Operation Intelligence Intern- 2025 Start

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.

With the enormous growth of live streaming in recent years, our mission is to inspire real-time interactions and help live streamers connect to people from all corners of the globe.
We are looking for passionate and talented engineers to join us to build and optimize a real-time, high-performance, large-scale distributed infrastructure for live streaming in TikTok. You will be deeply involved in the developmental lifecycle of critical product features and collaborate closely with product managers to deliver the best live streaming experience for all live streamers and audience alike.

Team Introduction
The Live Platform Intelligence team's mission is to use model-driven and data-driven methods to promote core indicators on LIVE revenue and creator engagement. This includes:
- Building models for automated and intelligent operations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of TikTok Live supply end.
- Identifying and handling inappropriate user behavior and business anomalies to ensure the steady and ongoing operation of the TikTok Live business.
- Spearheading analytical excellence with a penchant for creative problem-solving. Our team operates at the intersection of data science and live content, ensuring engaging and personalized experiences for our global community of creators and viewers.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2025. PhD Internships at TikTok aim to provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, and to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to at least 3 months long internship period.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to either of the following Internships
- From January to June
- From May to August (Summer)

Responsibilities
- Adopt cutting-edge Large Language Models that potentially improve business metrics (revenue and content quality), bringing an optimized experience for creators and operators in the live business.
- Dive deep into machine learning methods, including large language models (LLMs), multimodal models, and image/video generation models, adapting these methods to TikTok Live scenarios and serving as foundational models and features.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science.
- Familiarity with large language models and its applications
- Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with a solid mathematics foundation.

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with high-quality domain publications is preferred.

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.

By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://careers.tiktok.com/legal/privacy.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at apac-earlycareers@tiktok.com.

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