AI Agent Development Project Intern (TikTok Shop Governance and Experience) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Summary

TikTok is a leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking an AI Agent Development Project Intern to join their Global E-commerce Governance and Experience team. This internship will provide hands-on experience in developing and optimizing AI models for compliance programs, while working closely with experts in the field.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with SMEs to design, test, and refine prompts for AI models used in compliance decision-making
• Evaluate AI output quality against defined accuracy metrics
• Maintain a prompt library with version history, performance benchmarks, and optimization notes
• Identify prompt overkill/leakage issues and suggest refinements to improve efficiency
• Support the classification and verification of products for compliance programs (Prohibited products, DG, EPA, PDP, Recalls)
• Analyze data to identify trends, gaps, and misclassifications in compliance workflows
• Perform sample audits to validate AI classifications against regulatory guidelines
• Document and escalate gaps to SMEs and Program Managers
• Clean, prepare, and annotate datasets for AI model training and validation
• Use Excel, SQL, or other tools to create performance dashboards for compliance model accuracy
• Summarize weekly progress and key findings for leadership review

Skills

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, Compliance, or related field
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and natural language processing
• Proficient in communication and skilled at coordinating multiple collaborating parties
• Experience in E-commerce

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, Compliance, or related field
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and natural language processing
• Proficient in communication and skilled at coordinating multiple collaborating parties

Nice to Haves

• Experience in E-commerce

Benefits

• Interns have day one access to health insurance
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits and more
• Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)
• Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.