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[Remote] Machine Learning Research Intern (Summer 2026)

Remote · USA Full-time New today

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Scale AI is focused on building the foundation for the next generation of AI systems, working on various advanced machine learning applications. The Machine Learning Research Intern will engage in technical ML applications and research problems, collaborating with leading research teams and contributing to projects involving frontier models and data generation.

Responsibilities

  • Measuring the dangerous capabilities of frontier models and conducting preparedness research
  • Research on the science and creation of new benchmarks for frontier models
  • Research and develop new methods for training models to excel on extremely difficult reasoning problems that require long chains of thought
  • Research scalable oversight protocols that enable humans to produce and quality control reasoning chains beyond their native capabilities
  • Studying the boundaries of model generalization and capabilities to inform data-driven advancements
  • Research on synthetic data and hybrid data with humans in the loop to scale up high-quality data generation
  • Take models currently in production, identify areas for improvement, improve them using retraining and hyperparameter searches, then deploy without regressing on core model characteristics
  • Create post-training or agentic solutions that integrate into our ability to deliver applications for our enterprise clients

Skills

  • Currently enrolled in a BS/MS/PhD Program with a focus on Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing or Computer Vision with a graduation date in Fall 2026 or Spring 2027
  • Prior experience or track record of research publications on LLMs, NLP, Multimodal, agents, safety, evaluation, alignment or a related field
  • Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages, including: Python, Javascript, or similar
  • Ability to speak and write in English fluently
  • Be available for a Summer 2026 (May/June starts) internship
  • Have had a previous internship around Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Adversarial Robustness, Alignment, Evaluation and Agent
  • Experience as a researcher, including internships, full-time, or at a lab
  • Publications in top-tier journals such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, AAAI, etc. or contributions to open source projects

Company Overview

  • Scale’s mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world’s most important decisions. It was founded in 2016, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://scale.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Scale AI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 82 in 2025, 54 in 2024, 29 in 2023, 17 in 2022, 10 in 2021, 10 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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