2026 PhD Software Engineer Intern (Machine Learning), United States
About The Position
At Uber, we work on many ambitious engineering products covering many lines of business as well as the underlying platform technologies that power those businesses. We foster growth and increase profitability of Uber by pushing the frontiers of machine learning, constrained optimization, statistics, data science and economics and developing highly reliable and scalable platforms to accelerate Uber's impact on the transportation industry. As a PhD software engineer intern, you will have a lot of opportunities to work with product managers, data scientists and, of course, engineers from different teams. You will have an opportunity to learn how to iterate over a product for greater success while demonstrating your area of expertise (machine learning, statistics, constrained optimization, distributed system, etc.). This is a unique opportunity to grow your skills with real-world experience and do highly impactful, yet fun work at the same time. It is an ambitious yet rewarding job!
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program studying computer science, machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, constrained optimization, statistics, or a related quantitative field
- Candidates must have at least one semester/quarter of their education left following the internship
- Knowledge of underlying technical foundations of statistics, machine learning, optimization, systems, etc.
- Experience in one or more object-oriented languages, including C++, Java, Python, or Go
Nice To Haves
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business partners
- Experience in simplifying/converting business problems into technical problems
- Research mentality with a bias towards action to structure a project from idea to experimentation to prototype to implementation
Responsibilities
- Drive exciting, ambitious, previously unsolved projects from end to end
- Develop novel algorithms that use Uber data at global scale
- Thrive in an environment with ambiguous product requirements
- Collaborate closely with product managers and data scientists
- Be motivated to independently own and drive projects forward
- Have a passion to make Uber better for our customers
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Industry
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
