About the role#
The Monetization Data team builds the data foundation for global advertising and monetization products. You will design and operate large-scale batch and real-time data pipelines, data warehouses, and analytics platforms. This work helps improve advertiser experience, measure business performance, and drive product strategy. This is a paid, full-time internship for Summer 2027.
What you'll do#
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and engineers to define data requirements and deliver solutions.
- Build and optimize scalable data pipelines to ingest and transform large volumes of data.
- Design data models and visualizations to support complex analytical queries.
- Evaluate and maintain data infrastructure tools to support efficient processing, storage, and querying.
- Implement data quality checks and monitoring to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Optimize pipelines and queries to improve performance and reduce latency.
- Provide support for business critical data pipelines.
- Document data assets and promote best practices for data governance.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing an Undergraduate or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational and non-relational databases.
- Programming skills in Python, Java, or Go.
- Understanding of data modeling, warehousing, and ETL/ELT techniques.
- Ability to commit to a 12-week internship during Summer 2027.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work well with cross-functional teams.
- Experience with big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, or Flink is a plus.
- Familiarity with cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery.
- Knowledge of data governance, privacy, and compliance.
- Background in advertising, e-commerce, or gaming is helpful.
Location & details#
- Location: San Jose, California
- Modality: On-site
- Term: Summer 2027
About TikTok
TikTok operates as an entertainment provider. The company maintains a global presence with offices in cities including Los Angeles, Singapore, New York, London, and Tokyo. It employs over 92,000 people. The organization is privately held.
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