Project Intern – AI Safety

Job Description

AI Product Operations Project Intern (TikTok-Platform Responsibility-Teen Experience) – 2026 Start (BS/MS) | TikTok

The Tone:
This is a project intern position at TikTok, a global company known for its leading short-form mobile video platform. TikTok is building the next generation of content safety and governance systems. This role is crucial for protecting minors and teens globally by leveraging AI and product solutions. The internship focuses on translating complex regulatory and safety requirements into real-world product solutions to protect users while preserving a high-quality user experience.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Temporary
• Location: Flexible (remote options available; potential for office-based work in various global locations)
• Pay: $25 hourly (for Los Angeles County)
• Team: The team sits at the intersection of product, policy, and AI, designing safety mechanisms that are proactive, scalable, and measurable.
• Mission: Support model strategy and operations for TikTok Minor Safety initiatives.
• Tech Stack: Large Language Models (LLMs), multimodal technologies, API usage.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support model strategy and operations for TikTok Minor Safety, collaborating with cross-functional teams on model design, optimization, training, and evaluation.
• Identify performance gaps and vulnerabilities within models, then propose effective actions to continuously improve model quality.
• Participate in the full data production lifecycle, including defining dataset standards, executing model evaluations, and ensuring high-quality data delivery.
• Explore and adopt the latest Large Language Model (LLM) tools to continuously optimize data production workflows and processes, improving efficiency and scalability.
• Research emerging model training methodologies from academia and industry, identifying weaknesses in existing training data and proposing innovative solutions to improve data generalization, production efficiency, and coverage.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently pursuing an undergraduate or master’s degree in computer science, data science, product management, or a related discipline.
• Experience: Able to commit to working for 12 weeks in 2026. Demonstrates good learning ability, logical thinking, and analytical skills, with an ability to identify simple problems and propose solutions with guidance.
• Skills: Basic understanding or strong interest in Large Language Models (LLMs), basic API usage, data analysis, and model optimization.
• Bonus: Experience in Trust & Safety or content moderation, familiarity with content safety compliance requirements, or hands-on experience in data analysis or model optimization.