Machine Learning Engineer -- Intern

Root Access • New York, NY

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About The Position

We’re looking for an Machine Learning Engineer Intern to join our paid Summer 2026 internship cohort. The right person will be excited to help build AI-native developer tools. You will contribute to ML projects across dataset preparation, model experimentation, benchmarking, and exploring new frameworks or inference toolchains.

Requirements

• Have hands-on experience training ML models (vision, NLP, or embedded/edge ML all welcome).
• Know your way around core ML concepts: model architectures, loss functions, optimization, evaluation metrics.
• Have experience with ML toolchains and workflows (e.g., PyTorch Lightning, Hugging Face, ONNX, TensorRT, Weights & Biases).
• Are curious about how AI development tools could be radically better—and want to help shape that future.

Nice To Haves

• Have a Master’s in Mathematics, Data Science, or Engineering.
• Bring prior work or internship experience with model training, ML research, or applied AI engineering.
• Be hungry to contribute to an ambitious startup, with opportunities to go full-time

Responsibilities

• Train, evaluate, and debug machine learning models (e.g., deep learning, classical ML, multimodal models) using Python, PyTorch, and related frameworks.
• Use our internal AI-powered tooling to accelerate model development, dataset preparation, experiment tracking, and deployment workflows.
• Help test features like dataset validation, automated hyperparameter search, model introspection, and inference/runtime integrations.
• Provide structured feedback on usability, model behavior, edge cases, and failure modes (you’re part of the product loop).
• Build demo models, evaluation scripts, or experiment workflows that help us validate reliability and usability of the platform.
• Read academic papers, model cards, and technical documentation to cross-verify model performance and expected behavior.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern