Research Scientist Intern (TikTok - NextGen Recommendation) - 2026 Start (PhD)

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About the Team You will be joining TikTok's Next-Generation Recommendation team, focused on pioneering cutting-edge recommendation systems powered by advanced large-model technologies. This team is dedicated to advancing TikTok’s personalized content discovery and user experiences by harnessing the power of large models and leveraging massive user data to build revolutionary recommendation technologies. By pushing the boundaries of deep learning and large-scale system design, we strive to achieve breakthroughs in recommendation accuracy, user engagement, and scalability to serve billions of users worldwide. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. PhD Internships at TikTok aim to provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, and to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies. PhD internships at TikTok provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, and to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies. Our dynamic internship experience blends hands-on learning, enriching community-building and development events, and collaboration wit...