NLP Engineer Intern - 2023

Key Skills

C++, GoLang, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Python Programming, Quantitative models, SQL

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 Team

The NLP AI Lab team focuses on solving language barriers and promoting information flowing all over the world. We invite researchers and engineers in machine learning and natural language processing at all levels. We aim at pushing the limits of machine intelligence.

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 NLP and ML technologies in TikTok and its affiliate products;
• Participate in and support incubation of new NLP and ML technologies;
• Participate in research on NLP and ML technologies.

Qualifications

• Penultimate students currently pursuing a Degree/Master/PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Rich experiences and strong skills in development of technologies in some of the following areas:
  • Natural language understanding;
  • Natural language generation;
  • Knowledge and reasoning;
  • Recommendation and search;
  • Reinforcement learning;
  • Deep learning;
  • Representation learning;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Strong computer science and coding skills;
• Able to collaborate well in a team, and the ability to work independently;
• Prior experience in organising and leading teams and projects is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Highly competent in algorithms and programming, prefer winners in ACM ICPC, NOI/IOI and Kaggle.
• Rich research experience in but not limited to the following areas (as main authors of published papers at ACL, EMNLP, NIPS, ICML, etc.)

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.