Research Intern (LLM Agents)

Location: Palo Alto, United States; hybrid

Company

hirify.global conducts research and development focused on LLM agents and agentic AI systems.

What you will do

• Explore research directions in LLM reasoning, planning, tool use, multi-agent systems, and evaluation methodologies.
• Design and execute exploratory experiments to test hypotheses about agentic systems.
• Build research prototypes that demonstrate new capabilities or insights.
• Document findings, analyze results, and iterate on research ideas with scientists and engineers.
• Work toward publishing research at AI venues such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, and ACL, or contributing to open-source projects.
• Participate in paper readings, discussions, and brainstorming sessions.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a PhD, Master's, or advanced undergraduate degree in machine learning, computer science, or a related field.
• Strong foundation in machine learning and natural language processing, with demonstrated interest in large language models or agentic AI systems.
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
• Ability to independently and collaboratively design, implement, and analyze research experiments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Prior research experience or publications in AI, NLP, or related areas.
• Experience with open-weight models, fine-tuning, or reinforcement learning.
• Familiarity with agent frameworks, tool-use systems, or evaluation benchmarks.
• Interest in long-term research directions and comfort with ambiguity and exploration.

Culture & Benefits

• Close collaboration with research scientists and engineers.
• Mentorship, feedback, paper readings, and brainstorming sessions.
• Freedom to pursue high-risk, high-reward research directions.
• Opportunity to produce research prototypes, publications, and open-source contributions.