AI Research Resident - Open Source AGI

Prime Intellect

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Prime Intellect is building the open superintelligence stack, providing infrastructure for AI labs. Their platform, Lab, integrates compute, environments, evaluations, secure sandboxes, high-performance training, and deployment for post-training at scale. They are developing open frontier AI, including open-source models for long-horizon tasks and the platform used by their research team. Prime Intellect has raised $150M from prominent investors and is seeking individuals passionate about frontier research, infrastructure, and go-to-market strategies in a nascent category. The AI Research Residency is a paid, full-time program offering hands-on experience with real-world AI challenges alongside their research team. Residents will collaborate with experts in AI, distributed systems, and protocols to develop advanced models, contribute to democratizing AI, gain practical experience in large-scale model development and deployment, publish research, and build networks within the decentralized AI community.

Requirements

• PhD students or postdoctoral researchers in computer science, mathematics, physics, neuroscience, or related fields
• Experienced software engineers with a strong interest in transitioning to AI research
• Self-taught individuals with a proven track record of exceptional technical contributions
• Candidates with experience in machine learning, distributed systems, or protocols

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leading experts in AI, distributed systems, and protocols to develop state-of-the-art open language models, coding agents, and scientific discovery models
• Contribute to projects focused on democratizing AI and making it universally accessible through the Prime Intellect platform
• Gain practical experience in developing and deploying large-scale AI models using novel architectures and distributed training techniques across thousands of GPUs and smaller clusters
• Publish research papers and present findings at top-tier AI conferences
• Develop a strong network within the decentralized AI community

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements, with the option to work remotely or in-person at our offices in San Francisco or Berlin.
• Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance for international candidates.
• Quarterly team off-sites, hackathons, conferences and learning opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree