Fullstack Software Engineer Intern (Global E-Commerce) - 2027 Summer

Global E-Commerce Team is a content E-commerce business with international short video products as the carrier. It is committed to becoming the first choice for users to discover and purchase good products at affordable prices. The global E-commerce business team hopes to provide users with a more tailored and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive reliable platform services in different scenarios such as live E-commerce and short video content E-commerce, so as to make more affordable and high-quality products sell easily and a better life within reach.

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Develop efficient, scalable, and secure fullstack solutions that support E-commerce product experiences and platform operations.
• Contribute to both frontend and backend development, including user-facing features, APIs, internal tools, platform components, and service integrations.
• Assist with optimizing application performance, data processing, system reliability, and overall user experience under the guidance of experienced engineers.
• Participate in system design discussions, code reviews, testing, debugging, and end-to-end feature delivery as part of the development lifecycle.
• Learn and apply AI-assisted development practices to improve coding efficiency, documentation, debugging, testing, and engineering productivity.
• Explore fullstack scenarios that support AI-enabled product features, workflow automation, or intelligent decision-making capabilities where applicable.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Familiarity with fullstack development and proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, Golang, Python, Scala, C++, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Basic understanding of data structures, algorithms, computer networks, databases, and web application fundamentals.
• Familiarity with common frontend and backend technologies, such as modern web frameworks, APIs, relational databases, cache systems, or messaging systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills, learning agility, and sense of ownership.
• Interest in fullstack product development, large-scale distributed systems, platform engineering, or data-intensive applications.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools, engineering automation, or systems supporting intelligent product capabilities.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, collaborative, and globally distributed team environment.

Benefits

• Day one access to health insurance, life insurance, and wellbeing benefits.
• 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half).
• Eligibility for housing allowance (for interns not working 100% remote).

Pay

The hourly rate range for this position is $45–$45.

About the company

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. 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.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make an 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.