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Oracle · 20 hours ago

PhD Applied Scientist Intern - Oracle Analytics

Pleasanton, CA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$41K/yr - $110K/yr

Start in 2026 Spring

Oracle is the world’s leading provider of business software, seeking to hire world-class, early in career talent. The Applied Scientist Intern will contribute to research and prototyping efforts in GenAI involving structured and unstructured data, focusing on the design and development of AI agents for Oracle’s analytics and data platforms.

Data GovernanceData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologySaaSSoftware

No H1B

Responsibilities

At Oracle Analytics, we are building the next generation of enterprise AI products that enable intelligent data analysis at scale

By leveraging Oracle’s strengths in data management and enterprise software, we are advancing our platforms through the integration of Agentic AI, generative AI, and modern machine learning techniques

We are seeking Applied Scientist Interns to contribute to research and prototyping efforts in GenAI involving structured and unstructured data by building AI Agents, alignment of reasoning LLMs, retrieval techniques and inference scaling

As an intern in the Applied Science team, you will contribute to the design and development of enterprise-grade AI agents fueled by reasoning-focused LLMs that power Oracle’s next-generation analytics and data platforms

We are looking for PhD students who excel in working independently given a problem, can find relevant work quickly and develops hypothesis and research questions with strong empirical skills to solve the problem

Qualification

Machine LearningDeep LearningGenerative AILLMsSQLResearch backgroundEmpirical skillsProblem-solving

Required

Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Linguistics or a related field during the 2025-2026 school year AND returning to the program after completion of the internship

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. For clarity purposes, this means that Oracle is not in a position now, or in the future, to offer US immigration sponsorship. This includes, but is not limited to, support of H-1B, TN, O-1, green card or F-1 e.g. EAD, OPT, CPT, I-20, F-1 visa stamp, etc

Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing scalable AI/ML systems for real-world or production-like environments

Strong foundation in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI, with emphasis on LLMs and reasoning models

Experience working with structured data systems (SQL, analytics engines, schemas) and unstructured data (documents, text corpora)

Hands-on experience with LLM frameworks and agentic tooling such as: LangChain, VectorStores, retrievers and hybrid retrieval, Graph-based or knowledge-augmented generation (GraphRAG), LLM Cache, orchestration, and LLMOps (MLFlow), Fine-tuning LLMs, Reinforcing Learning, Reward modeling, Inference scaling, training verifiers and critic models

Strong research background with a solid publication record (with publications in ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, ICLR, NAACL, etc.)

Reside in the United States and/or attend a university in the US

Able to obtain work authorization in the US in 2026

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

Short term disability and long term disability

Life insurance and AD&D

Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.

11 paid holidays

Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Financial planning and group legal

Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance