Data Engineer Intern (E-commerce) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

TikTok

4.5

(6)

Seattle, WA

Why you should apply for a job to TikTok:

4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction

4.5/5 in supportive management

100% say women are treated fairly and equally to men

100% would recommend this company to other women

100% say the CEO supports gender diversity

Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.

Employee well-being is supported via hybrid work, short-term counseling through our EAP and a premium subscription to Headspace.

We embrace diversity across all dimensions and provide employees with 9 employee resource groups globally, including our WOMEN ERG.

Comprehensive parental leave policy as well as fertility treatment through healthcare providers with a $20,000 lifetime maximum.

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Position summary

will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as early as possible. Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).

Summer Start Dates:

May 11th, 2026
May 18th, 2026
May 26th, 2026
June 8th, 2026
June 22nd, 2026

Team Introduction:
As a data engineer in the Data Platform E-Commerce team, you will have the opportunity to build, optimize and grow one of the largest data platforms in the world. You'll have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience on all kinds of systems in the data platform ecosystem. Your work will have a direct and huge impact on the company's core products as well as hundreds of millions of users.

Online Assessment
Candidates who pass resume evaluation will be invited to participate in TikTok's technical online assessment in HackerRank.

Responsibilities - What You'll Do
• Design and build data transformations efficiently and reliably for different purposes (e.g. reporting, growth analysis, multi-dimensional analysis);
• Design and implement reliable, scalable, robust and extensible big data systems that support core products and business;
• Establish solid design and best engineering practice for engineers as well as non-technical people.

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
• Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/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
• Experience in the Big Data technologies(Hadoop, M/R, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, ClickHouse, Flink etc.);
• Experience with performing data analysis, data ingestion and data integration;

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with ETL(Extraction, Transformation & Loading) and architecting data systems;
• Experience with schema design, data modeling and SQL queries;
• Passionate and self-motivated about technologies in the Big Data area.
• Graduating December 2026 onwards with the intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship.