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Internship, Foundation Models
Sunnyvale, United States · Internship · Posted Oct 27, 2026
About the job
An intern helps develop and evaluate foundation models through training, fine-tuning, experiments, and performance analysis.
What you'll do
- Reproduce baseline results and implement and evaluate improvements to fine-tuning, data quality, or inference efficiency.
- Run controlled experiments and analyze model performance, computational cost, and failure cases.
- Contribute reusable code, evaluation tools, and documentation, and present findings to the team.
What they ask for
- Strong Python programming skills and familiarity with PyTorch or a similar framework.
- Understanding of machine learning fundamentals, deep learning, and transformer architectures.
- Experience with an ML project through coursework, research, or personal work.
- Ability to debug, interpret experimental results, and communicate clearly.
Nice to have
- Working with pretrained models and tools such as Hugging Face Transformers.
- Fine-tuning models, preparing datasets, building evaluation pipelines, or using GPUs, Linux, Git, and experiment tracking tools.
Tools
Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, GPUs, Linux, Git
AI focus
Developing, training, fine-tuning, and evaluating foundation models, including improving data quality and inference efficiency.
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