Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Trust & Safety) - 2026 Start (PhD)

TikTok
Singapore
Workplace: OnsiteInternshipFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: phdSkills: ["Passion for solving challenging problems","Understanding of data structures and algorithms"]

Build trust and safety systems by developing scalable classifiers, models, and algorithms to detect harmful content and behaviors that violate community guidelines and local regulations. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve strategy and model performance and protect TikTok users globally. This 2026 internship is designed for PhD students with hands-on experience in ML, pattern recognition, NLP, data mining, and/or computer vision, with an opportunity to publish or compete in AI research.

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Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Trust & Safety) - 2026 Start (PhD)

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Job Summary

Build trust and safety systems by developing scalable classifiers, models, and algorithms to detect harmful content and behaviors that violate community guidelines and local regulations. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve strategy and model performance and protect TikTok users globally. This 2026 internship is designed for PhD students with hands-on experience in ML, pattern recognition, NLP, data mining, and/or computer vision, with an opportunity to publish or compete in AI research.
Location: Singapore
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Internship
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Intern level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build content safety systems for TikTok.
  • •Develop highly-scalable classifiers, tools, models, and algorithms using machine learning, computer vision, and data mining.
  • •Align models with product objectives to improve trust and safety strategy and model performance.
  • •Collaborate with cross-functional teams to protect TikTok globally.

Key Requirements

  • •Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, engineering, or a quantitative field.
  • •Solid experience in at least one of: machine learning, pattern recognition, NLP, data mining, or computer vision.
  • •Experience in recommendation, search, advertising, or related projects (preferred).
  • •Published papers in top AI conferences/journals (preferred), such as KDD, IJCAI, WWW, WSDM, ICML, NeurIPS, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, ACL.
  • •Good understanding of data structures and algorithms; passion for solving challenging problems.
Education:PhD / Doctorate in Computer Science, engineering or quantitative field
Skills:Passion for solving challenging problemsUnderstanding of data structures and algorithms
Tech Stack:Machine learningPattern recognitionNLPData miningComputer visionClassifiersRecommendationSearchAdvertisingData structuresAlgorithms

Company Brief

TikTok
Short-form video platform that lets users create, share, and discover entertainment content through algorithmic recommendations. It also offers advertising and creator tools for brands, influencers, and businesses.
Industry: Digital Media
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2016
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