Join us as we inspire
creativity and bring joy to
millions of users worldwide.
Join us as we inspire
creativity and bring joy to
millions of users worldwide.
@2026 TikTok
Responsibilities
Team Introduction Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) of Ads Infrastructure team works on building and running large-scale, globally distributed, fault-tolerant ads systems. SRE keeps ads systems at TikTok up and running with the highest level of availability, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible. In the SRE team, you will build and improve multiple large-scale ads services, while using your expertise in coding, performance optimization, troubleshooting, etc. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. Our internship program offers students hands-on experience, industry exposure, and opportunities to apply their knowledge to real-world challenges while building a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. Interns will gain practical experience, explore potential career paths, and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops alongside industry professionals. Candidates may apply to a maximum of two positions across Our Company and its affiliates globally. Applications will be considered in the order they are submitted. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early. Please clearly state your availability in your resume, including your start and end dates. Responsibilities - Own the reliability of TikTok’s global advertising systems, participate in the design of reliability architecture, and ensure high availability of large-scale advertising systems. - Design, implement, validate, and continuously optimize global disaster recovery (DR) solutions for the advertising systems, and lead disaster recovery preparedness and incident response. - Manage and plan infrastructure capacity for the advertising systems, ensuring resources scale efficiently with business growth while continuously improving infrastructure utilization through performance optimization. - Develop reliability platforms and engineering tools for the advertising systems, including monitoring, alerting, SLO management, risk governance, and resource management.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/ Master's in Computer Science or a related discipline. - Expertise in Unix/Linux operating systems, IP networking. - Experience programming in at least one of the following programming languages: Python, Go, C, C++, or Java. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a strong sense of ownership, and excellent communication and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications - Experience in SRE internship for large-scale advertising, recommendation, search systems, or large-scale cloud platforms.
Job Information
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.
