Data Engineer Intern (TikTok Data Platform) - 2023

Key Skills

3D Computer vision, Algorithms, AutoML, C++, Computer Vision (CV), Linux Operating system, MxNet, PyTorch, TensorFlow

Job Description

Why Join Us

At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.

About the Vision Technology team

The Vision Technology team works on the advance state of the art in technical areas that are important to the firm's current and future business. We are directly responsible for critical products and services and participate in finding solutions to the challenges we face as an enterprise. With world-leading researchers on our side, we also aim to become an educational hub for the brightest students and help them achieve their potential. We take pride in being an active part of the academic community through publishing papers, giving talks and attending conferences.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2023. Internships at TikTok aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Watch your ambitions become reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at TikTok.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to one of the following internship cycles below: -

• Summer Internship - 08 May 2023 to 28 July 2023 (12 weeks)
• Off-cycle Internship - Starting 09 January 2023 or 14 August 2023

We will prioritize candidates who are able to commit in either internship period. Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is firm and includes all TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we encourage you to apply early.

Responsibilities

• Develop software systems providing computer vision service
• Optimize the performance of the model inference with better usage of different resources like CPU, GPU, DSP, etc.
• Develop the inference engine for deep learning model

Qualifications

• Postgraduate who is currently pursuing a Degree/Master/Phd degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Solid knowledge of data structure and strong coding skills
• Experience in C++ development under Linux environment
• Familiar with at least one area of the computer vision including but not limited to:
  • Image/video search
  • Image/video classification/understanding
  • Object detection, segmentation, and tracking
  • Scene understanding
  • Facial analysis
  • Pose and gesture
  • 3D vision
• Familiar with at least one area of the model inference acceleration including but not limited to Quantization, Pruning, Distillation, etc.
• Familiar with at least one of the deep learning frameworks like Tensorflow / PyTorch / MXNet

Preferred Qualifications

• Authors of published papers in top academia conferences at CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, etc.
• Winners of algorithm and machine learning competitions such as ACM-ICPC, NOI/IOI, Top Coder and Kaggle
• Knowledge of AutoML and hand-on experience of NAS
• Experience in big data processing

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.