Responsibilities
We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. 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 run for 12 weeks.
Interns will utilize knowledge in real‑world scenarios while laying a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered in the order applied. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Summer Start Dates
- May 11th, 2026
- May 18th, 2026
- May 26th, 2026
- June 8th, 2026
- June 22nd, 2026
Team Introduction
Our Compute Platform SRE team supports all Big Data services and products across the company. We are a newly established team and welcome talents to shape the team’s future.
Online Assessment
Candidates who pass resume evaluation will be invited to participate in TikTok’s technical online assessment in HackerRank.
Internship Responsibilities
- Responsible for the reliability of all TikTok’s major data warehouse products, services, and query engines, such as ClickHouse, Spark, Presto, Doris, etc.
- Uphold Service Level Agreements (SLAs): Ensure that all service level objectives and agreements from ByteDance’s Data Platform services are met. Respond promptly to any system outages or issues.
- Continuous Performance Optimization: Analyze service performance and reliability patterns to identify potential performance bottlenecks. Implement proactive measures to prevent service disruptions. Work with development teams to optimize application performance.
- Incident Management: Lead efforts to troubleshoot and resolve service incidents and post‑mortems. Coordinate with cross‑functional teams to manage and mitigate service‑impacting events.
- Infrastructure Automation: Automate infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and management processes to reduce manual interventions and improve service quality.
- Collaboration: Engage with product and development teams to integrate reliability and performance considerations into the software lifecycle.
- Capacity and Demand Planning: Assess and forecast infrastructure needs based on growth patterns and upcoming initiatives.
- Stay Updated: Keep current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to site reliability and infrastructure engineering.
Minimum Qualifications
- Currently pursuing an Undergraduate or Master’s degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026.
- In‑depth understanding of Linux, computer networking, and databases. Proficient in common SRE/DevOps open‑source toolsets, system monitoring tools, and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
- Experience or familiarity with open‑source or commercial technologies such as ClickHouse, Hadoop, Doris, Spark, Presto and Kubernetes.
- Strong coding skills in at least one scripting or programming language, including but not limited to Python, Shell, Java, Go, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent problem‑solving skills and the ability to think critically under pressure.
- Strong customer‑first mindset. Strong sense of ownership and easy to collaborate with.
- Graduating December 2026 onwards with the intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship.
Job Information
Hourly rate range for this position: $45 per hour.
Benefits
Interns have day‑one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in the first half of the year, 40 if hired in the second half). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.
Legal and Diversity Statement
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on certain job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment.
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at
