Machine Learning Intern Internships
Machine learning intern internships give university students, recent graduates, and early-career switchers hands-on project experience building and evaluating models alongside working engineers and working data scientists, and, at many employers, a path toward a full-time offer. Roles are concentrated across Technology & Software, Science & Research, and Healthcare & Medical Services, with TikTok, PlusAI, and ByteDance among the employers posting roles now.
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Machine Learning Engineer Intern (TikTok-Data-Search-Search Quality) - 2026 Start (PhD)
Location
:
San Jose
Employment Type
:
Intern
Job Code
:
A46838
Responsibilities
The Search team builds the systems that help users find relevant, reliable, and engaging content across TikTok. The team works across search retrieval, ranking, recommendation signals, query understanding, relevance, infrastructure, and product experiences. Our work combines large-scale machine learning, data-driven product development, and distributed systems to improve search quality for a global user base.
We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. PhD internships at Our Company provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, as well as to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies.
Our dynamic internship experience blends hands-on learning, enriching community-building and professional development events, and collaboration with industry experts.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early. Please clearly state your availability in your resume (Start date, End date).
Responsibilities
- Support the design, implementation, testing, and iteration of Search features, services, or tools under the guidance of engineers and mentors.
- Work with large-scale data, logs, metrics, or experiments to understand user search behavior and improve product or system quality.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and machine learning partners to define requirements and deliver project milestones.
- Write clear, maintainable code and documentation for assigned workstreams.
- Communicate progress, risks, and learnings with mentors and stakeholders throughout the internship.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work.
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Proficient coding skills and strong algorithm & data structure basis.
- Effective communication and teamwork skills.
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: NLP, Ranking, Ads, search engine, recommender system, distributed system, and machine learning.
- Experience with search, recommendation, machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, ranking, ads, content understanding, or data mining projects.
- Familiarity with databases, distributed systems, data pipelines, experimentation, or large-scale backend services.
- Experience using data to investigate product, user, or system problems.
- Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and collaborate with cross-functional partners.
- Interest in improving search experiences for large-scale consumer products.
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $60- $60.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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 first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
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 the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.
TikTok Accommodation
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
https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Machine Learning Engineer Intern (TikTok-Data-Search-Search Quality) - 2026 Start (PhD)
Location
:
San Jose
Employment Type
:
Intern
Job Code
:
A46838
Responsibilities
The Search team builds the systems that help users find relevant, reliable, and engaging content across TikTok. The team works across search retrieval, ranking, recommendation signals, query understanding, relevance, infrastructure, and product experiences. Our work combines large-scale machine learning, data-driven product development, and distributed systems to improve search quality for a global user base.
We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. PhD internships at Our Company provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, as well as to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies.
Our dynamic internship experience blends hands-on learning, enriching community-building and professional development events, and collaboration with industry experts.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early. Please clearly state your availability in your resume (Start date, End date).
Responsibilities
- Support the design, implementation, testing, and iteration of Search features, services, or tools under the guidance of engineers and mentors.
- Work with large-scale data, logs, metrics, or experiments to understand user search behavior and improve product or system quality.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and machine learning partners to define requirements and deliver project milestones.
- Write clear, maintainable code and documentation for assigned workstreams.
- Communicate progress, risks, and learnings with mentors and stakeholders throughout the internship.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work.
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Proficient coding skills and strong algorithm & data structure basis.
- Effective communication and teamwork skills.
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: NLP, Ranking, Ads, search engine, recommender system, distributed system, and machine learning.
- Experience with search, recommendation, machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, ranking, ads, content understanding, or data mining projects.
- Familiarity with databases, distributed systems, data pipelines, experimentation, or large-scale backend services.
- Experience using data to investigate product, user, or system problems.
- Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and collaborate with cross-functional partners.
- Interest in improving search experiences for large-scale consumer products.
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $60- $60.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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 first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
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 the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.
TikTok Accommodation
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
https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Machine Learning Intern Internship Market
Who's Hiring
- TikTok11
- PlusAI3
- ByteDance3
- Truveta2
- NEURALINK2
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software15
- Science & Research3
- Healthcare & Medical Services1
- Investment & Asset Management1
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals1
Tips for Your Machine Learning Intern Internship Search
Apply in the fall for summer roles
Large tech, finance, and consulting employers open summer machine learning intern cohorts as early as August or September of the prior year. If you wait until spring, the structured programs are often full. Set a reminder to check postings at the start of each academic semester so you don't miss the early window.
Build a project portfolio before you apply
For machine learning intern candidates, a linked GitHub repository with two or three documented projects carries more weight than a list of coursework alone. Each project should name the dataset, the model or method used, and the result. Recruiters screen for evidence you can run an end-to-end ML workflow, not just that you took the class.
Work your campus network and apply directly at the same time
Campus career fairs surface structured programs tied to your university, and professors or career center staff often know which employers recruit from your school before roles post publicly. Applying directly to companies running smaller cohorts alongside campus activity widens the pool you reach and reduces your dependence on any single recruiting channel.
Practice coding screens out loud before your first interview
Machine learning intern interviews typically include a coding screen on data structures and algorithms, plus questions on probability, statistics, and ML fundamentals. Practice explaining your reasoning as you work through problems, not just producing the answer, since interviewers weigh how you think through ambiguity as much as whether your final solution is correct.
Target structured ML internship programs at larger companies
Many large technology and research employers run dedicated machine learning or AI research internship cohorts designed to train people new to the field in a structured setting. These programs recruit early, fill fast, and often have defined project tracks and mentorship built in. Identify the programs that match your background and apply in the first recruiting wave.
Set your work-type filter before you start
On-site roles are 86% of the machine learning intern internships listed here. Decide what you can commit to before you start sorting through listings, then filter by location and work type on Migrate Mate so you spend your time on roles you can actually take rather than applying broadly and discovering the constraint later.
Machine Learning Intern Internships: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a machine learning intern internship?
Lead with coursework and personal projects rather than work history, since hiring teams expect limited experience at the intern level. A linked GitHub repository with documented ML experiments or a Kaggle notebook gives recruiters something concrete to assess. Apply directly to companies and attend campus career fairs, where recruiters often move faster for students they meet in person.
Can a machine learning intern internship turn into a full-time job?
Many employers extend return offers to strong interns, but conversion is never guaranteed. What actually drives it is the quality of your project work, whether the team has open headcount, and whether you express interest before the return-offer deadline. Treat the internship as real work, ask for feedback early, and deliver on your core project without counting on an offer.
When should I apply for machine learning intern internships?
Earlier than most candidates expect. Large employers, including major tech and finance companies, recruit summer interns the preceding fall, with some programs opening in August or September. Smaller companies and co-op programs post closer to their actual start dates, so machine learning intern openings appear year-round, not only in spring.
Are machine learning intern internships paid?
Most professional machine learning intern internships in the U.S. are paid. Compensation varies by company size, industry, and location. Where an employer discloses pay, it appears directly on the listing, so you can compare opportunities as you search without needing to ask upfront.
What should a machine learning intern internship resume include?
Lead with two or three complete, documented projects rather than work history, naming the tools and frameworks used and linking to the code on GitHub or a public notebook. Add relevant coursework in machine learning, statistics, or linear algebra. Keep the resume to one page, since hiring teams at the intern level are assessing potential, not career history.
Are there remote machine learning intern internships?
Yes. Remote and hybrid roles make up 14% of the machine learning intern internship listings here, with the rest on-site. Remote cohorts fill fast because they draw applicants nationally, so apply early once you decide what works for your situation and filter by work type to see only the listings you can actually take.
What is a machine learning research internship and how is it different?
A machine learning research internship is hosted by a company or lab with an active research team, usually requiring familiarity with recent papers and independent experimental work rather than shipping production features. These programs recruit early, often through faculty referrals or conference recruiting, and are competitive. Apply in the first wave and have a technical project or paper you can speak to in depth.
Can international students get machine learning intern internships?
Yes. F-1 students can intern through CPT while enrolled or through OPT work authorization after finishing a degree, and the employer does not have to file anything for either, so many companies are open to international interns. Confirm your eligibility and timing with your university's international student office before accepting an offer.
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