PhD AI Research Intern

Intuit

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Intuit is a financial software company known for products like TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint, and Credit Karma, helping consumers and small businesses manage their finances and taxes. Industry: Financial Software & Technology

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TL;DR · PhD AI Research Intern

As a Summer 2027: PhD AI Research Intern, you will join a high-caliber team of research scientists and machine learning engineers to address foundational AI problems within the fintech product space. You will design experiments, prototype novel models or algorithms, and evaluate them against baselines while synthesizing current research literature to inform your approach. Your work focuses on cutting-edge areas including robust and safe AI, neuro-symbolic AI, reinforcement learning, multi-agent systems, and inference-time scaling in language models. To succeed, you must demonstrate expertise in fields like natural language processing or generative AI, alongside a track record of publications at top-tier conferences. You will utilize Python with frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch to develop advanced capabilities and improve customer experience by translating complex research findings into tangible product impacts for small businesses and consumers.

What you'll do

  • Design and run experiments to explore open research questions in areas like generative AI or reinforcement learning.
  • Develop and prototype novel models, algorithms, or methods while evaluating them against relevant baselines.
  • Synthesize current AI research literature to inform technical approaches and identify promising research directions.
  • Collaborate with scientists and engineers to connect research findings to real product and customer impact.
  • Document methodology, findings, and code clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Present research work to various stakeholders across the organization.
  • Contribute to publication-quality write-ups of research findings where applicable.

What we're looking for

  • Must be currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Expected graduation date must be after the internship ends.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for the duration of the internship.
  • Experience in one area of AI such as NLP, LLM, generative AI, reinforcement learning, or algorithmic foundations of optimization.
  • Established track record of publication, ideally with first-author papers at top-tier AI conferences.
  • Experience developing and debugging in Python with TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar frameworks.
  • Experience disseminating scientific work in English through paper submissions and conference presentations.

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