Intern, AI Engineering

Job Description

Intern, AI Engineering

Workato

San Francisco, CA

• On-site, Remote
  
  

Internship

Estimated pay: $19.75 - $25.50/hr

About Workato

Workato transforms technology complexity into business opportunity. As the leader in enterprise orchestration, Workato helps businesses globally streamline operations by connecting data, processes, applications, and experiences. Its AI-powered platform enables teams to navigate complex workflows in real-time, driving efficiency and agility.

Responsibilities

• Conduct original research on LLM agent architectures and optimization techniques
• Develop and evaluate novel algorithms with both academic rigor and production feasibility
• Present your work at internal research seminars and external conferences
• Mentor and collaborate with LLM engineers on implementation and deployment
  
  

Requirements

• Currently pursuing MS/PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, or related fields
• Publications at top-tier venues (ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL)
• Strong programming skills in Python and PyTorch
• Ability to work in-person at our San Francisco office
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across research and engineering teams
  
  

Preferred

• Experience with self-evolving agent systems
• Proficiency in CUDA programming and custom kernel development for LLM operations
• Background in reinforcement learning-based LLM fine-tuning
• Track record of contributions to production inference systems such as vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, SGLang, or Hugging Face ecosystem
• Experience bridging academic research with production systems
• Open-source contributions to widely-used ML infrastructure projects