Software Engineer Intern (Ads Interface) - 2025 Summer

Software Engineer Intern (Ads Interface) - 2025 Summer (BS/MS) at TikTok
Ads Platform and Interfaces teams have a strong customer focus and dedication to technical excellence, to meet our customer needs with reliable and performant platforms and services. We are looking for strong software engineers who are excited to grow their business understanding and build highly scalable and reliable software, partnering across disciplines and geographies, to achieve the best results.
We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2025. Internships at TikTok aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Turn your ambitions into reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at TikTok.
Internships at TikTok aim to provide students with hands-on experience in developing fundamental skills and exploring potential career paths. A vibrant blend of social events and enriching development workshops will be available for you to explore. Here, you will utilize your knowledge in real-world scenarios while laying a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. It runs for 12 weeks beginning in May/June 2025 . Successful candidates must be able to commit to one of the following summer internship start dates below:
\- Monday, May 12
\- Monday, May 19
\- Tuesday May 27 (Memorial Day May 26)
\- Monday, June 9
\- Monday, June 23
Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).
Responsibilities:
• Create innovative monetization products that drive engagement and business outcomes.
• Develop highly scalable services that power new ad products for billions of requests.
• Implement new ad solutions that will continuously protect the user experiences on TikTok.
• Collaborate with strategy teams, product managers, and other key stakeholders to define products and drive initiatives from an engineering perspective.
• Contribute to the success of a rapidly growing and evolving organization with speediness and quality.Minimum Qualifications:
•Currently pursuing a BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other relevant majors.
• Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Go, C/C++, Python, Java, JavaScript.
• Ability to think critically and to formulate solutions to problems in a clear and concise way.
• Strong communication and excellent teamwork skills; being agile and a self-starter.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Good understanding in one of the following domains: ad tech, bidding, ranking, recommendation, search, backend, frontend, large-scale systems, or data pipeline.
• Good product sense and experience designing and implementing product features.