Machine Learning Engineer Intern (TikTok Shop Global E-Commerce, Recommendation) - 2026 Start (PhD)

E-commerce is a new and fast growing business that aims at connecting all customers to excellent sellers and quality products on TikTok Shop, through E-commerce live-streaming, E-commerce short videos, and commodity recommendation. We are a group of applied machine learning engineers and data scientists that focus on E-commerce recommendations. We are developing innovative algorithms and techniques to improve user engagement and satisfaction, converting creative ideas into business‑impacting solutions. We are interested and excited in applying large scale machine learning to solve various real‑world problems in E-commerce.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026*. 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 ...