Creative Effects are a big part of the TikTok experience. From Versailles Run to Dancing Dino, effects make content creation easy, fun, and dynamic. Each effect has the potential to reach TikTok’s global community of a billion+ users and inspire new trends, lots of joy, and endless creativity. Our mission is to inspire user creativity with powerful creation tools. We are building Effect House, the official Augmented Reality creation tool for TikTok. If you are passionate about AR technologies and 3D content creation, you came to the right place.
You will be responsible for crafting the technology that enables intuitive effect development and design. From advanced interactions to visual scripting, you’ll build the tools our creators need to experiment and make engaging, immersive, and innovative effects, bringing creativity to (augmented) reality! You will focus on building a unified algorithm system that delivers numerous cutting-edge AR algorithms to various TikTok products. Our AR Effect Platform enables the breakthrough AR interactive experience, consumed by hundreds of millions of TikTok users around the world.
We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in Fall 2025. Internships at TikTok aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Turn your ambitions into reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at TikTok.
Internships at TikTok aim to provide students with hands-on experience in developing fundamental skills and exploring potential career paths. A vibrant blend of social events and enriching development workshops will be available for you to explore. Here, you will utilize your knowledge in real-world scenarios while laying a strong foundation for personal and professional growth.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to 12 weeks Internship.
Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).
Responsibilities:
• Design and implement new features for Effect House, TikTok's effects editor.
• Define the future direction of our editing tools core technology, creation workflows and pipeline.
• Support our fast growing effect creator community and internal effect production team to achieve their creative vision.