Software Engineer Intern (Multimedia Framework, C++) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

cialized frameworks, and heterogeneous computing. Every day, our platform processes hundreds of millions of videos and tens of billions of images, directly supporting TikTok's global reach. We're passionate about building the industry's leading multimedia processing platform and establishing ourselves as the premier multimedia engineering architecture team. Join us to contribute to video technologies that captivate millions of users worldwide. You'll have opportunities to grow your skills, collaborate with industry experts, and directly shape the multimedia experiences that define modern social media. If you're energized by technical challenges, excited about cutting-edge technology, and want to make a meaningful impact at scale, we'd love to have you explore the exciting opportunities on our team.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the development of video computing framework to support the efficient processing of the company's massive video and complex business needs
• Support the multimedia-related business requirements of the company's product lines, including but not limited to image processing, video transcoding, video editing, video analysis, etc.;
• Responsible for video processing related performance analysis and optimization.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Undergraduate, or Postgraduate who is currently pursuing a Bachelor/Masters Degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field, expecting to graduate by December 2026.
• Candidates are expected to work on-site at our Sydney office for a minimum of three days per week during the internship, which runs for at least 3 months and may be extended based on performance and mutual agreement.
• Proficient in at least one of the mainstream languages C/C++/Python/Go/, excellent coding skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in multimedia related technology such as video codec, detection, and enhancement.
• Experience in media processing framework development is preferred.
• Experience in video processing related performance optimization is preferred.
• Experience in transcoding or computing platform development is preferred.
• Positive and optimistic, strong sense of responsibility, careful and meticulous work, good team communication and collaboration skills.

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