Research Internship, Open Ecosystem

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence • Seattle, WA

9d • $94,320 - $140,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Ai2 is seeking talented and motivated Research Interns to join its Open Ecosystem team, which works on fully open foundation models such as Olmo and Molmo. The 12-week internship offers an opportunity to contribute to AI research in a fast-paced research environment. Interns may define and lead a high-impact research project, train and release leading models, collaborate with Ai2 team members, build open-source software for the research community, and author scientific papers for high-profile conferences or journals. Interns are paired with one or more Open Ecosystem team mentors, and open collaboration—including with researchers at external institutions—is encouraged. The role is based at Ai2’s Seattle offices; on-site requirements vary by position and team. Start dates are flexible, and the current hiring cycle is for 2027 Spring/Summer internships. Compensation depends on current degree enrollment: $94,320 annually for undergraduate interns, $106,110 annually for master’s interns, and $140,000 annually for PhD interns. Visa sponsorship is available.

Ai2 is a Seattle-based nonprofit AI research institute founded in 2014. It develops foundational AI research, open models, data, robotics, conservation work, and open-source tools to advance AI and deliver real-world impact. The organization emphasizes learning, diversity, inclusion, collaboration, transparency, and work/life balance.

Requirements

• Be pursuing a doctoral degree in Computer Science or a similar field.
• Have research experience in machine learning, natural language processing, language and vision, or related areas.
• Have strong software engineering skills, especially with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch.

Nice To Haves

• A strong publication record at AI-related venues such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, COLM, ACL, or EMNLP.
• Experience in foundation model research areas such as training dynamics, scaling laws, efficiency, data curation, post-training methods (e.g., SFT, DPO, RL), agentic training and infrastructure, or applications in scientific domains.
• Contributions to open-source research libraries such as PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, olmo-core, or AllenNLP.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead a high-impact research project.
• Train and release leading models.
• Collaborate with and learn from team members across Ai2.
• Build open-source software for the research community.
• Author scientific papers for publication in a high-profile conference or journal.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for team members and their families.
• Employee assistance program.
• Health savings account plan, healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
• $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses.
• $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses.
• Sick days accrued in line with Seattle sick time requirements.
• Pay for recognized holidays when the employee is usually scheduled to work.
• Generous paid vacation and sick leave, as well as family leave.
• Visa sponsorship is available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed