ByteDance

Responsibilities

About the Team

The Global Payment team provides payment solutions to ensure that users have a smooth and secure payment experience across our platforms and services.

About the Role

The Payment Risk Strategy team is responsible for detecting and preventing fraud across the end-to-end payment lifecycle, ensuring secure and trustworthy transactions for users and partners. As a Payment Risk – Data Analytics Intern, you will support the team in identifying suspicious patterns, analyzing fraud trends, and contributing to the development of data-driven risk strategies. You will work closely with Risk Strategy and Operations teams to build insights that enhance fraud detection rules, support operational decision-making, and strengthen the platform’s overall risk controls across global markets.

Responsibilities:

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in from Sep 2025 onwards. Internships at Bytedance aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Watch your ambitions become reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at Bytedance.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to Bytedance and its affiliates' jobs globally.

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 internships period.

• Analyze the global payment market data to determine insights and opportunities.
• Conduct investigations to monitor, audit, and analyze potential fraud cases, and perform root cause analysis.
• Utilize data tools to identify patterns and inconsistencies within transactional and customer data for fraud prevention and detection
• Provide regular fraud reporting and help define and improve key performance indicators

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a diploma/degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Engineering or relevant disciplines
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to use SQL to process and analyze data
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and capable of working effectively under pressure
• Strong data analysis and correlation skills to mine the characteristics of different scenarios from complex data sets, is a strong plus
• Be able to intern for 3 months or more, and 2-4 days per week (3+ days per week is highly preferred)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in statistics or a related field from a top global institution preferred.