LLM & Agent Research Intern (AI)

Location: London, United Kingdom; onsite

Company

hirify.global’s LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS develops games and advanced technologies, with the Lightspeed Tech Center providing R&D and technical services across the game lifecycle.

What you will do

• Drive and contribute to research projects in LLMs, agents, and NLP.
• Develop benchmarks and baselines using publicly available datasets.
• Train large language models on innovative, practical tasks.
• Publish research findings at leading NLP/ML/AI conferences and top journals.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a PhD in NLP, machine learning, or a related field, or recently submitted the thesis. Candidates with a completed Master’s degree and a PhD offer in a relevant field may also be considered.
• At least one publication in a top-tier NLP/ML conference or journal, such as ACL, NAACL, EMNLP, EACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, or ICML.
• Hands-on experience with Python and deep learning libraries, especially PyTorch, Hugging Face, and Transformers.
• Experience with one or more of supervised LLM fine-tuning, LLM self-learning, LLM efficiency, LLM-based AI agents, or LLM applications in gaming, reasoning, or mathematical tasks.
• Available for a six-month full-time internship.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time onsite internship based in London, United Kingdom.
• Work within Lightspeed Tech Center, an R&D department supporting games throughout their lifecycle.
• Collaborate in an international studio network spanning China, the United States, Singapore, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and the United Arab Emirates.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer committed to supporting diverse voices and inclusive collaboration.