Snap Inc. · 2 months ago
Research Intern - UMAP
Bellevue, Washington
Internship
Onsite
InternSnap Inc. is a technology company that believes in the potential of the camera to enhance communication. They are seeking a Research Intern to join their User Modeling and Personalization Research Team, where the intern will lead research projects, build scalable prototypes, and publish findings in top conferences.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Lead research projects in the user modeling and personalization domains (sub-areas include graph modeling, generative recommendation, personalization, and ML efficiency)
Build scalable research prototypes and evaluate them in large-scale machine learning scenarios
Publish your findings at top conferences
Qualification
Required
Currently enrolled in a PhD program in a technical field such as computer science, machine learning, statistics, mathematics, or equivalent years of experience
Track record of (co-)first-author publications in top machine learning, data mining, information retrieval or language venues (e.g. KDD, WSDM, SIGIR, RecSys, ACL, ICLR, NeurIPS, COLM etc.)
Strong familiarity with ML libraries such as PyTorch, Tensorflow, Jax or related frameworks
Experience with distributed (multi-GPU, or multi-node) model training, inference and experimentation; experience with large-scale settings in academic/industrial research labs is a plus
Strong technical knowledge of state-of-the-art ML algorithms in one or more above sub-areas
Demonstrated ability in defining, leading and executing challenging research projects
Strong computer science fundamentals, problem-solving and engineering skills
Proven ability to mentor interns, students and junior researchers
Preferred
Experience with large-scale machine learning in an academic or industrial research lab, or equivalent open-source experience
Experience with distributed data processing and machine learning frameworks on Enterprise Cloud solutions like Google Cloud, AWS, and/or Azure
Familiarity with language models and generative recommendation and retrieval
Demonstrated ability to transform cutting-edge research into tangible product improvements
Specialization and hands-on experience with state-of-the-art recommendation models and scalable machine learning technologies
Company
Snap Inc.
Snap is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.
Founded in 2011
5001-10000 employees
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