Product Operations Intern - TikTok Shop Apps and API
About the job
- Currently pursuing a master's degree in Computer Science or a related Business major.
- Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2027.
- Communicate effectively and partner with teams across complex organizational structures to align objectives.
- Use analytical and data-driven approaches to set targets, analyze current conditions, plan and execute iterations, and continuously improve.
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative market studies to gather insights into sellers, Independent Software Vendor partners, and other roles in social content-based commerce.
- Partner with the product management team to devise product strategy and support the product's long-term vision and success.
- Use return on investment analysis, dependency analysis, and other techniques to prioritize product requirements.
- Participate in the product development lifecycle and review artifacts to ensure quality.
- Participate in user acceptance testing to ensure product quality and user experience before product launch.
- Familiarity with TikTok and mainstream e-commerce platforms; experience in content-based e-commerce is highly preferred.
- Experience and understanding of application programming interfaces and third-party integrations.
Responsibilities
About the team Our Partner Product team is responsible for our Open API Platform and TikTok Shop's App Ecosystem for 1P and 3P partners. This team focuses on products that will empower partners to collaborate with the platform together, providing rich and diverse service capabilities to help merchants and creators to operate more effectively and efficiently. We are looking for a product manager who will be responsible for collection of users’ requirements and partner product design to provide our target users/clients with effective product solutions. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. Our internship program offers students hands-on experience, industry exposure, and opportunities to apply their knowledge to real-world challenges while building a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. Interns will gain practical experience, explore potential career paths, and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops alongside industry professionals. Candidates may apply to a maximum of two positions across Our Company and its affiliates globally. Applications will be considered in the order they are submitted. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early. Please clearly state your availability in your resume, including your start and end dates. Responsibilities - Conduct extensive quantitative and qualitative market studies to gather deep insights into Sellers, Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Partners and other roles in social content-based Commerce. - Partner with the product management team to devise product strategy to ensure long term vision and success for the product. - Combine ROI analysis, dependency analysis and other techniques to prioritize the product requirements. - Participate in the product development lifecycle, review various artifacts to ensure quality. - Participate in user acceptance testing to ensure product quality and optimal user experience prior to product launch.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - Currently pursuing a Master's degree in CS or related Business major. - Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2027. - Great communicator & team-partner. Comfortable navigating complex organizational structures & aligning objectives with cross-functional teams. - Analytical, data sensitive & goal-driven. Comfortable with setting ambitious targets, analyzing the status quo, planning a course of action, executing rapid trial & error iterations and constantly improving. Preferred Qualifications: - Familiar with TikTok and mainstream e-commerce platforms, experience in content-based e-commerce is highly preferred. - Experience and understanding of APIs and 3P integrations.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $28.5- $28.5.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and 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.
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
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.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
About the company
TikTok is a short-form mobile video platform that allows users to create, discover, and share vertical videos. The app uses an algorithmic feed to surface content personalized to each user, while advertisers can run in-feed ads, branded hashtags, and sponsored challenges, with a Business Center to plan and measure campaigns. The platform differs from competitors through a large global creator community, integrated marketing tools, and rapid trend cycles that drive high engagement. Its goal is to inspire creativity and bring joy by helping people express themselves and giving brands a direct way to reach a broad audience.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$740K
Headquarters
Santa Monica, California
Founded
2016
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- TikTok Shop generated about $15.8 billion in U.S. sales in 2025.
- October 2026 AI shopping tools and one-click checkout deepen in-app monetization.
- TikTok One Pay's sub-30-day creator payouts strengthen brand and creator supply.
What critics are saying
- August 2026 layoffs cut 325 U.S. roles, weakening moderation and commerce execution.
- The U.S. joint venture still faces national-security scrutiny over algorithm licensing and control.
- A future U.S. divestiture deadline or ban would break TikTok's American growth engine.
What makes TikTok unique
- ByteDance's recommendation engine still drives unmatched discovery and creator reach globally.
- TikTok Shop, One Pay, and Ad Network fuse content, commerce, and advertising.
- Local partnerships with IMDA, Roar AdX, and Converge embed TikTok into markets.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Vacation
- Parental Leave
- Wellness Program
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
21%1 year growth
21%2 year growth
21%Meta, TikTok, X lose legal challenge against British watchdog over online safety data demands. The regulator issued information notices to Meta, TikTok and X in February, requesting detailed content moderation metrics including data on how many users were exposed to harmful content. Published Oct 30, 2026, 10:25 PM Updated Oct 30, 2026, 10:25 PM LONDON - Meta, TikTok and X lost a legal challenge against British regulator Ofcom on Oct 30 over information requests made under the Online Safety Act, in one of the first tests of Britain's nascent online safety regime. The case is one of several brought over parts of the 2023 act, which sets tougher standards for platforms such as TikTok, X and Meta's Facebook and Instagram with the aim of protecting particularly children from harmful and illegal content. The Oct 30 decision by London's High Court is a boost for Ofcom, though a potentially more significant ruling on Meta's separate case about how Ofcom calculates fees and potential fines is awaited. Meta, which is also challenging Ofcom over the categorisation of WhatsApp in the new regime, was made the subject of Ofcom's first formal investigation under the Online Safety Act earlier in October. X did not immediately respond to requests for comment. TikTok said it is considering the judgment, while a spokesperson for Meta said in a statement: "We're disappointed with the court's decision, but we and others across industry pursued this challenge because information-gathering of this scale goes beyond what is necessary or proportionate." Ofcom requested metric from Meta, TikTok, X. Ofcom has been gradually implementing the Online Safety Act regime, with its requirements backed up by the threat of fines of up to 10% of a company's global turnover for the most serious breaches.
Meta and Tiktok lose High Court battle against Ofcom's regulatory data demands. Professional Services Editor The High Court has upheld the media watchdog Ofcom's powers to harvest retroactive safety data from tech giants. In February, Ofcom issued formal information notices to major tech platforms, including Meta, Tiktok, and X, requiring them to share detailed data on content and user exposure to harmful material under the Online Safety Act. Meta, Tiktok, and X jointly challenged Ofcom with a judicial review case at London's High Court. The court rolled the platforms' legal challenges into one case, in which they challenged the notices on several legal grounds, largely arguing the watchdog unlawfully circumvented the act's specific transparency framework. The Online Safety Act was designed to tackle the risks to users, including children, of encountering harmful content online. It provided Ofcom with extensive powers, including the ability to fine non-compliant platforms up to £18m or 10 per cent of their qualifying global annual turnover, whichever is higher. Stay in the know Three daily briefings with the key market moves and top business and political stories. On Friday, the High Court refused permission for the tech platforms' claims, in the first judicial review proceedings to test Ofcom's new powers. Lord Justice Singh and Justice Collins Rice found that Ofcom's information-gathering powers served a distinct regulatory purpose and that the individual notices did not legally trigger the threshold for an overarching impact assessment. An Ofcom spokesperson said: "We welcome the High Court's decision to dismiss the challenges brought by Meta, X and Tiktok against our efforts to gather information from them. "Under the Online Safety Act, Parliament has charged us with the job of regulating an industry that's been unaccountable for more than 20 years. "Gathering information from companies is fundamental to our ability to do our job of assessing compliance with their duties, and we'll continue to use our powers to create a safer life online for people in the UK," they added. A Tiktok spokesperson said: "We are considering this judgment." "We're disappointed with the court's decision, but we and others across industry pursued this challenge because information-gathering of this scale goes beyond what is necessary or proportionate. We remain committed to working with Ofcom and are reviewing the judgement in full," a Meta spokesperson said. X was also approached for comment. Earlier this month, Meta appeared in the High Court, challenging how Ofcom calculates fees and fines under the UK's online safety law, arguing the methods are disproportionate and unlawful. While in August, Tiktok lost in the Court of Appeal to overturn a £12.7m fine from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for illegally processing the data of over 1.4m children under the age of 13.
Coda, TikTok Gaming partnership brings Codashop purchases to creator videos across Southeast Asia. Coda, a Singapore-headquartered digital content monetization and distribution company, has reached a partnership with TikTok Gaming to let users move from game content on the platform to purchases on Codashop, Coda's digital goods store, across Southeast Asia. In a statement on Friday, Coda said under the partnership, TikTok users in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines can link directly to Codashop to buy game top-ups, gift cards, and other digital goods. Creators can feature Codashop-listed content in livestreams and short-form videos. This can let publishers reach consumers where they already discover and engage with games. Coda said that since its mid-June 2026 launch, creator videos linking to Codashop have drawn 1 billion views. It said click-through rates average above 5 percent. Around 5 percent of clicks convert to purchases, it added. Besides, most buyers are new to Codashop, which it presents as evidence that creator-led commerce can bring publishers new customers as well as transactions. Zac Liew, chief commercial officer for business-to-business at Coda, said commerce increasingly happens wherever discovery happens. TikTok can give the company a new way to connect those moments, allowing publishers to reach consumers earlier and turn engagement into purchases. Coda said the partnership reflects a broader shift in digital commerce, in which social platforms, creators, and contents play a growing role in consumer purchase decisions. It said the arrangement extends digital content distribution beyond traditional storefronts. The company said it will continue to explore commerce and distribution models with publishers and platform partners.
Innovation City, TikTok launch MENA's first TikTok LIVE creators' studio in UAE. Partnership creates a dedicated hub to empower MENA creators and grow the digital economy Last updated: October 30, 2026 | 14:48 Ask Gulf news anything What are the five specialized rooms in the TikTok LIVE Creators' Studio? How does the new studio enhance Ras Al Khaimah's offerings? Why was the TikTok LIVE Creators' Studio established in Ras Al Khaimah? Full Summary Innovation City and TikTok LIVE have launched the first TikTok LIVE Creators' Studio in the MENA region, located within the Innovation City Free Zone in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. The purpose-built facility is designed to empower digital creators by providing professional infrastructure for content production, collaboration, and community engagement. Ras Al Khaimah: Today, Innovation City and TikTok LIVE are opening the first TikTok LIVE Creators' Studio in the region. Located in Innovation City Free Zone, the studio is a purpose-built content creation space where creators can produce content, explore new formats, collaborate and connect with their communities through TikTok LIVE, which provides authentic, real-time experiences that spark discovery and meaningful connections. From music performances and beauty tutorials to interactive conversations, LIVE gives creators' opportunities to showcase their talents, reach new audiences and grow their communities. The new studio builds on these opportunities by providing a dedicated space for content production and creative collaboration, supporting the continued development of the region's creator economy. Five spaces built around content creation and the impact of TikTok LIVE. The studio is made up of five rooms, each designed to support different content formats and creative experiences on TikTok LIVE: * Two Match Rooms: a dedicated setting for interactive LIVE matches, where creators can go to engage and interact with each other in real time while their communities follow the action LIVE. * Music Room: built for LIVE music, performances and artist-led content. * Beauty Room: a space designed for beauty creators and tutorials. * Main Zone: the heart of the studio, a flexible space for collaborations, content creation and experiences that bring different communities together. With a variety of setups under one roof, creators can step outside their usual backdrop, experiment with new ideas and collaborate with creators from different backgrounds and content categories. Beyond creative exploration, the studio provides infrastructure to help creators enhance their production quality and develop a more professional approach to content creation. By supporting creators in refining their craft and building engaged audiences, the initiative can help them explore opportunities to earn through their content and contribute to the continued growth of the region's creator economy. "This studio is about giving creators the structure and support to turn their ideas into lasting businesses," said Anas Hijjawi, Acting CEO of Innovation City. "The creator economy is becoming an important part of how the UAE's digital economy grows, and we see Ras Al Khaimah playing a meaningful role in that. We want creators to have the same practical foundations as any founder: a place to produce, access to the right partners and a community to grow with. Our partnership with TikTok LIVE makes that accessible, and we see it as the start of a long-term relationship with the creators who will shape what comes next." Boxia Liu, Head of TikTok LIVE MENA and Türkiye, added: "TikTok LIVE gives creators a place to share their talents, express themselves authentically and build meaningful connections with their communities in real time. Through our partnership with Innovation City, we're creating a dedicated space where creators can produce content, develop their ideas and explore new ways to engage audiences. From music and beauty to interactive LIVE experiences, we want creators to feel inspired to collaborate and grow. This studio reflects our commitment to supporting creators with resources that help them take the next step in their journey and contribute to the region's creator economy." SPONSORED LINKS BY PROJECT AGORA A new destination for the region's creator community. Ras Al Khaimah is already known for its mountains, beaches and adventure experiences, and the studio adds a new kind of destination for the region's fast-growing creator community. Its home at Innovation City also places creators alongside entrepreneurs and emerging digital businesses, opening the door to collaborations that go beyond content. By bringing content creation, collaboration and LIVE experiences together under one roof, the studio provides a shared space for creators across the region to turn their ideas into content, showcase their individuality and build engaged communities. The studio will be open Monday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, with weekend access available by prior booking. For more information and bookings, please visit www.innovationcity.com Get updates on topics you choose. YOU MAY LIKE
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