AIGC Engineering Intern – AIGC for Ad Creatives

Job Description

Software Engineer Intern (Monetization Technology – Ads Creative AI) – 2026 Summer (BS/MS) | TikTok

The Tone:
This is a temporary internship at TikTok, likely located in Los Angeles, California. TikTok builds a leading short-form mobile video platform and provides tech solutions for ad creative and landing page understanding, production, generation, and optimization. This role is crucial for developing AI-powered tools that make advertising on TikTok more effective and scalable, directly contributing to TikTok’s monetization strategy and empowering advertisers and creators.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Temporary
• Location: In-person, Los Angeles, CA
• Pay: $45–$60 hourly
• Team: TikTok Ads Creative & Ecosystem team
• Mission: To build tech solutions for ad creative and landing page understanding, production, generation, and optimization, empowering advertisers and creators.
• Tech Stack: Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX

What You’ll Actually Do
• Develop: Assist in the development and maintenance of the AIGC generation architecture for ad creatives, supporting efficient data processing pipelines and strategy frameworks.
• Collaborate: Help manage and maintain features and sample data relevant to AIGC, ensuring the infrastructure supports training and inference for AIGC models.
• Enhance: Contribute to enhancing platform capabilities by supporting the design of flexible workflows for ad creative generation scenarios.
• Translate: Work closely with product and design teams to understand business requirements and assist in translating them into scalable AIGC solutions for personalized ad creative generation.
• Optimize: Support performance monitoring and optimization of AIGC models, identifying areas for improvement to enhance the quality and efficiency of ad creatives generated at scale.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Final year student or recent graduate in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field by 2026.
• Experience: Ability to commit to a 12-week internship during Summer 2026, with prior experience in building and optimizing data pipelines for AI model training and deployment.
• Skills: Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX, along with a solid understanding of algorithms, data management, and strong communication abilities.
• Bonus: Prior internship or research experience in AIGC, particularly in ad creative or content generation, with exposure to workflow orchestration tools, model deployment systems, cloud technologies, or distributed systems.