PhD Master Intern

About Centific

Centific is a frontier AI data foundry that curates diverse, high-quality data, using our purpose-built technology platforms to empower the Magnificent Seven and our enterprise clients with safe, scalable AI deployment. Our team includes more than 150 PhDs and data scientists, along with more than 4,000 AI practitioners and engineers. We harness the power of an integrated solution ecosystem—comprising industry-leading partnerships and 1.8 million vertical domain experts in more than 230 markets—to create contextual, multilingual, pre-trained datasets; fine-tuned, industry-specific LLMs; and RAG pipelines supported by vector databases. Our zero-distance innovation™ solutions for GenAI can reduce GenAI costs by up to 80% and bring solutions to market 50% faster.

Our mission is to bridge the gap between AI creators and industry leaders by bringing best practices in GenAI to unicorn innovators and enterprise customers. We aim to help these organizations unlock significant business value by deploying GenAI at scale, helping to ensure they stay at the forefront of technological advancement and maintain a competitive edge in their respective markets.

About Job

Job Title: PhD Intern

Location : Remote

Job Type : Part Time

Weekly hours : 40 Hours

As a Applied Scientist Intern, you would work in an exciting and fast-paced environment, collaborating closely with teams across the company, including research. You will work as part of an organization that brings together talent in the areas of large language models, recommender systems, machine learning, deep learning, graph learning, information retrieval, software engineering, and responsible AI. We value and encourage diversity in the belief that it leads to both great workplaces and great products.

Responsibilities:

• •R&D in the area of modern Deep ReinforcementLearning, Large Language Models, Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, and Machine Learning.
• •Push the boundaries of AI platforms through innovation and partnership.
• •Collaborate closely with Microsoft Research, Microsoft Turing, Azure, AI platform teams, and product teams to create the next generation of AI innovation in our products and services.
• •Qualification:

• •BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math or equivalent
• •Currently Enrolled in a Ph. D. program specialized on AI algorithms from a US leading schools
• •Required hands-on experience with modern Deep Reinforcement Learning . Track record of publication on RL is a major plus.
• •Outstanding C# and/or Python coding skills
• •Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• •Results-oriented free thinkers with ability to socialize and drive their ideas into technology are highly desired

Centific is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.