Online Architecture Research Intern (TikTok-Generalized Arch)- 2026 Start (PhD) job opportunity at Tiktok.



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Tiktok Online Architecture Research Intern (TikTok-Generalized Arch)- 2026 Start (PhD)
Experience: 2-years
Pattern: full-time
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loacation Seattle, WA, United States Of America
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Responsibilities Team Introduction The TikTok General #;Architecture team sits at the intersection of business and infrastructure, responsible for #designing and #optimizing the planet-scale business architecture that supports billions of users worldwide. Our mission is to embrace AI, build the most advanced business architecture infrastructure, establish public trust and compliance, focus on resource management and cost optimization, user experience and reliability, engineering quality, and development efficiency. Here, you will not only experience how technology directly empowers top-level business, but also deepen your technical expertise in planet-scale architecture research and engineering practices—transforming cutting-edge theory into real-world production solutions. Join us in exploring and driving the evolution of the next-generation planet-scale business architecture! 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. PhD internships at TikTok provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, and to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies. Our dynamic internship experience blends hands-on learning, enriching community-building and development events, and collaboration with industry experts. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date). Responsibilities: Contribute to research and optimization of TikTok’s planet-scale business architecture, supporting billions of users, globally distributed ultra-large-scale data centers, and microservice clusters with millions of services. Assist in data modeling and #algorithmic optimization to address key challenges in large-scale infrastructure and business architecture, including but not limited to capacity forecasting and planning, service and data placement optimization, traffic scheduling optimization, and risk prediction. Under the guidance of mentors, transform research insights into prototypes, tools, or frameworks, and explore their applicability in selected business scenarios. Participate in analyzing research data, summarizing experimental results, and contributing to academic publications in top-tier conferences/journals. Collaborate with architecture, platform, and business teams to understand real-world production challenges and explore potential optimization opportunities.

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