Backend Engineer Project Intern (TikTok Shop by Tokopedia) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Responsibilities

About the team

Tokopedia is an e-commerce platform that connects sellers and buyers across Indonesia. Our aim is to empower sellers to grow their businesses and enable buyers to easily discover and purchase affordable, high-quality products — improving the quality of life for everyone.

We’re looking for passionate and talented individuals to join our Technology team, where we’re building an innovative, secure, and intuitive e-commerce ecosystem that serves millions of users and brands nationwide.

As a project intern, you will have the opportunity to engage in impactful short-term projects that provide you with a glimpse of professional real-world experience. You will gain practical skills through on-the-job learning in a fast-paced work environment and develop a deeper understanding of your career interests.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to at least 3 months long internship period.

Candidates who pass resume screening will be invited to participate in TikTok's technical online assessment.

Responsibilities:

• Engaged in the full development lifecycle designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, monitoring and improving software.
• Deploy code daily and use data to drive our decisions, while delivering software and analytics to consumers and dealers.
• Collaborate with fellow engineers to solve problems.
• Write well formatted modular code.
• Compile and integrate changes with the project.
• Implement unit tests and functional tests for their tasks.
• Convert given high level software design to low level software design.
• Use suitable data structures.
• Perform, debug and fix bugs, competency in 1 programming language.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Majoring in Computer Science or related field.
• Expertise with Golang or similar object-oriented languages.
• Strong understanding of SQL or similar relational databases.
• Understanding of how to build high volume, distributed back-end services with latest technologies.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experienced with a modern Javascript framework like React.js is a plus.
• Experienced with building scalable websites (e-commerce) or large-scale applications.
• Possess strong debugging skills.
  
  

By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://careers.tiktok.com/legal/privacy.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected]

Job Information

About TikTok

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

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make 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. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.