PhD Research Intern – Systems, AI/ML
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $12,500 per year
Job Level
Entry Level
Tech Stack
GoPythonRustSpring
About the role
- Execute a defined engineering/research project aligned with your research.
- Implement a prototype that addresses a concrete infrastructure or AI-systems challenge.
- Build and run benchmarks using realistic workloads to measure performance, reliability, or security improvements.
- Document the design and implementation, including assumptions, architecture, tradeoffs, and evaluation results.
- Deliver a final artifact that includes a working prototype, reproducible results, technical write-up, and internal presentation.
- Collaborate with mentors to refine the approach, validate results, and, if appropriate, prepare findings for internal adoption or external publication.
Requirements
- PhD candidate in Computer Science or a related field graduating between Winter 2026 and Spring 2028.
- Proven experience in systems/infrastructure and/or AI/ML through research publications, significant projects, or internships where you built or tested advanced solutions.
- Strong coding skills (e.g., Python, Rust, Go, C++) plus an ability to quickly prototype and iterate on cutting-edge ideas.
- Curiosity and drive to explore novel systems methodologies and translate them into practical applications that solve practical needs.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially in interdisciplinary teams.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PythonRustGoC++AIMLsystemsinfrastructureprototypingbenchmarking
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationcuriositydriveinterdisciplinary teamwork
Certifications
PhD candidate