Atlassian
AI Research Intern (PhD), 2027 Summer U.S.
San Francisco, United States +1 · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
Remote, Remote - Education
- Completed bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field; currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
About the job
Conduct foundational and applied machine learning research, developing and evaluating AI models and systems for Atlassian’s enterprise products.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and evaluate experiments to improve modern ML and LLM system performance, efficiency, and scalability.
- Prepare large-scale datasets and train, fine-tune, align, and evaluate language models for specialized applications.
- Analyze experimental results and contribute to research publications and presentations.
What they ask for
- Completed bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or a related field; degree completion date must be September 2026–June 2027.
- Strong foundation in AI/ML, LLMs, modeling, and/or optimization techniques.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in Python and experience with large-scale datasets, ML frameworks, and tools such as NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Hugging Face, and PyTorch.
- Exposure to NLP and computer vision; relevant research, coursework, projects, or publications are a plus.
Pay
$59/hr - $76/hr USD (base pay); $54/hr - $69/hr USD (base pay); $49/hr - $63/hr USD (base pay)
Tools
Python, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Hugging Face, PyTorch
AI focus
Research and develop LLMs and other AI/ML systems, including continued training, fine-tuning, alignment, evaluation, and optimized inference for conversational AI, summarization, generative search, and multimodal agents.
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