Research Scientist Intern - NLP/LLM

Summary

Join Genies as a Research Scientist Intern in our Bay Area office in San Mateo CA, working closely with Engineers and Researchers to develop cutting-edge systems underpinned by advanced LLM. Contribute to real-world products by researching and developing LLM-driven solutions and pipelines.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in or a recent graduate of a PhD degree program in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field
• Minimum 12 weeks internship. 40 hours per week is strongly preferred with hybrid onsite arrangement
• Solid understanding of machine learning concepts and recent natural language processing techniques
• Familiarity with programming languages such as Python and experience with machine learning libraries (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Hugging Face)
• Ability to conduct research and prototype solutions based on academic literature
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present findings clearly and effectively

Responsibilities

• Contribute to real-world products by researching and developing LLM-driven solutions and pipelines aimed at transforming decision making through comprehensive analysis and strategic insights
• Design evaluations and perform both controlled experiments and observational analyses to assess system effectiveness
• Absorb machine learning literature, particularly in natural language processing, and quickly prototype new techniques by engaging with relevant research papers and textbooks
• Explore the feasibility of productization, identifying issues and gaps that may lead to direct production implementations or inspire new research directions for publication

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in developing LLM-driven solutions and pipelines through publications on venues including: ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI and etc
• Deep understanding of and experience with the latest natural language processing techniques
• Demonstrated solid software development skills through ML/NLP projects

Benefits

• $58 per hour salary
• Flexible paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays
• Paid parental leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave for full-time employees
• Health & wellness support through programs such as monthly wellness reimbursement
• Choice of MacBook or windows laptop