AI Research Intern

Tanium•Durham, NC

2d•$55 - $60•Hybrid

About The Position

Tanium is seeking an AI Research Scientist Intern for Summer 2026. This role reports to our Staff Data Scientist leading AI design, prototyping, and experimentation across Tanium products and solutions. As an AI Research Scientist Intern, you will have the opportunity to work on challenging real-world problems, gain hands-on experience, and contribute to building intelligent systems that will shape the future of autonomous IT across endpoint management, exposure management, and security operations. This is a hybrid position, which will require in person attendance several days each week in Durham, NC OR Emeryville, CA. The hourly rate for this internship is $55 to $60 per hour. This hourly rate is an estimate for what Tanium will pay an intern. The actual rate offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, education, skills, training, and experience. In addition to an hourly rate, interns will be eligible for a housing stipend, 401k matching, and a monthly allowance for communications reimbursement. Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. Driven by AI and real-time endpoint intelligence, Tanium Autonomous IT empowers IT and security teams to make their organizations unstoppable. Many of the world’s leading organizations trust Tanium’s single, unified platform for endpoint management and security to innovate faster, stay resilient and move business forward with confidence, at scale. To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business – visit www.tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X. At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions. As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, it’s imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things. Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work. Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most. For more information on how Tanium processes your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

Requirements

Strong foundation in machine learning, data analysis, and statistics.
Proficiency in Python.
Familiarity with machine learning frameworks and libraries (e.g., PyTorch, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, numpy, scipy, pandas).
Experience working with large datasets.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to present complex ideas clearly.
Passion for technology, cybersecurity, and autonomous systems.
Authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future
Available to work full-time from June 8, 2024 to August 14, 2025
A currently enrolled Master’s/ PhD degree candidate ideally studying Statistics, Machine Learning, or a related field with a 3.5+ GPA
Graduating Spring 2027 or Fall 2026
In accordance with Department of Defense requirements, applicants for this role must be a U.S. citizen, national, or resident pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) and 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)

Nice To Haves

Knowledge in one or more of the following areas:
Statistics
Anomaly detection
Machine learning (classification/regression)
Internals of large language models (LLMs)
Agentic AI

Responsibilities

Collaborate with data science and engineering teams to design and implement AI and machine learning (ML) algorithms that improve Tanium’s autonomous IT capabilities.
Develop and evaluate ML models across a wide variety of use cases, including anomaly detection, threat identification, and performance optimization.
Analyze large-scale endpoint data to extract meaningful insights and develop predictive models.
Assist in building data pipelines to efficiently process and analyze endpoint data at scale.
Conduct exploratory data analyses and visualizations to communicate findings and inform product development decisions.
Document research, methodologies, and results to contribute to Tanium’s knowledge base.
Stay up to date with the latest advancements in AI, ML, and endpoint management technologies.