Research Engineer Intern (Ethical Creative and Protective AI Lab)

Location: Remote within the United States, including New York, Connecticut, Michigan, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia.

Salary: $50.00 per hour; hourly pay with overtime eligibility.

Company

hirify.global Corporate Technology Center America is a remotely distributed hirify.global AI research organization working with hirify.global's entertainment business units to advance responsible artificial intelligence.

What you will do

• Contribute to post-training and evaluation infrastructure for a novel multimodal AI system.
• Fine-tune models using supervised learning and reinforcement learning-based approaches, including SFT, RLAIF, and RLVR.
• Define and implement custom metrics for evaluating fine-tuning approaches.
• Develop tools and frameworks to assess and mitigate risks in generative AI systems.
• Contribute to research outcomes in top-tier conferences and journals.
• Propose and implement innovative ideas while maintaining honesty, trustworthiness, and ethical conduct.

Requirements

• Completed or currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related scientific discipline.
• Experience with LLM/VLM tooling and frameworks, API integration, and prompt engineering.
• Familiarity with and interest in responsible AI development.
• Strong understanding of machine learning fundamentals.
• Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with reinforcement learning fine-tuning of LLMs and/or VLMs is strongly preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Three-month full-time internship.
• Work with researchers and engineers in a globally diverse, remotely distributed organization.
• Hands-on experience with responsible development of generative AI.
• Hourly compensation with eligibility for overtime.