[Hiring] Ph.D. Intern – Machine Learning & Generative AI @Evenup

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Role Description

This role involves research and prototyping in the field of generative AI, specifically aimed at improving outcomes for personal injury victims.

• Research & Prototype: Design and evaluate new approaches in retrieval-augmented generation, tool-use agents, multimodal LLMs, or self-supervised document representation.
• Domain Adaptation: Fine-tune and align models to the quirks of long, jargon-dense medical/legal corpora (ICD codes, CPTs, deposition transcripts, insurance clauses).
• Agentic Systems: Build and benchmark autonomous chains that decide when to call OCR, which precedents to cite, or how to interview a claimant.
• Measurement & Safety: Create eval suites for factuality, legal soundness, and bias; propose mitigations where gaps appear.
• Publish & Share: Support conference submissions if your work advances the field.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Ph.D. in CS, ECE, Statistics, or related field with a research focus in ML / NLP / Generative AI.
• Strong grasp of modern LLM architectures (transformers, attention variants), training/fine-tuning pipelines (LoRA, PEFT, RL-HF), and evaluation methods.
• Fluency in Python.
• Demonstrated ability to turn research ideas into working prototypes (open-source projects, or industry experience).
• Intellectual curiosity, rapid learning loop, and the grit to thrive in an ambiguous, 0-to-1 environment.

Requirements

• Experience with agent frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, AutoGen) or building tool-using LLM agents from scratch.
• Hands-on with long-context or multimodal models.
• Familiarity with vector databases, RAG orchestration, or document triage pipelines (OCR, layout parsing).

Benefits

• Choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your family.
• Flexible paid time off.
• 10 US observed holidays, and Canadian statutory holidays by province.
• A home office stipend.
• 401(k) for US-based employees.
• Paid parental leave.
• Sabbatical program.
• A meet-up program to get together in person with colleagues in your area.
• Offices in San Francisco and Toronto.