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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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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)