Software Engineer Intern (AI Model Optimization) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)
Responsibilities
Support research and engineering efforts to optimize deep learning models for speed, memory, and scalability.
Contribute to benchmarking and profiling tools to identify performance bottlenecks.
Collaborate with engineers to integrate optimized models into production pipelines.
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work period during Fall 2026.
- Strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX).
- Knowledge of fundamental ML concepts and algorithms.
- Experience with AI model training/inference/deployment is a plus.
- Familiarity with GPU programming (CUDA, Triton, or similar) is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn.
About the role
The Speech team's mission is to empower content interaction and creation using speech & audio related technologies. The team focuses on cutting-edge R&D in areas like speech & audio, music processing, and multimodal deep learning.
Benefits
Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.
Pay
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $42.75- $42.75.
Schedule
The Internship Program runs for 12 weeks beginning in August/September 2026. Successful candidates must be able to commit to one of the following internship start dates below:
- May 11th, 2026
- May 18th, 2026
- May 26th, 2026
- June 8th, 2026
- June 22nd, 2026