Data Science PhD Intern

About the role

We are looking for exceptional PhD interns in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning, data science, or mathematics to work alongside our world‑renowned science and engineering team on a revolutionary product. The role offers the chance to solve truly challenging problems, see research deployed in practice to address real‑world needs, operate at the cutting edge of R&D, and experience life at an early‑stage startup.

Responsibilities

• Research and propose solutions to evolving scientific problems.
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to prioritize a long‑term roadmap of science breakthroughs.
• Work with the engineering team to integrate and deploy research outcomes in production.
• Conduct regular internal science reviews.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning, data science, or mathematics.
• Experience or strong interest in one or more of the following areas: natural language processing, machine translation, self‑supervised learning, active learning, computer vision, statistics, causal inference, or related disciplines.
• Programming skills and familiarity with modern machine‑learning frameworks.
• Strong problem‑solving and time‑management abilities.
• Excellent communication skills with the capacity to report and disseminate results.
• Passion for scientific and technical excellence.

Skills

• Natural language processing
• Machine translation
• Self‑supervised learning
• Active learning
• Computer vision
• Statistics and causal inference
• Programming in Python (or comparable language)
• Experience with modern ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch)

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Healthy snacks stipend
• Opportunity to work closely with a cross‑functional team of highly motivated individuals from startup, enterprise, scientific, engineering, sales, and marketing backgrounds
• Vibrant and inclusive company culture with frequent team‑building events

About Us

Docugami is a Seattle‑area document‑engineering startup that transforms how businesses create and manage documents for greater productivity, compliance, and insight using breakthrough artificial intelligence. Founded in March 2018 by former senior engineering leaders from Microsoft, Docugami leverages a wide range of AI techniques—including natural language processing, image recognition, declarative markup, and more—to enable organizations of all sizes to radically improve document creation, management, and insight.