Research Engineer Intern

Who Are We?
We are a team that brought you Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner, dedicated to providing cybersecurity, privacy, and identity protection to over 500 million users in 150 countries. At Gen, we offer flexible working options, generous time off, and competitive benefits in a diverse and inclusive environment where every team member is valued and celebrated. If you are smart, fearless, and dedicated, join us to power Digital Freedom and help consumers take control of their digital lives. 

About the role

For our growing Artificial Intelligence Team, we are looking for ML/LLM Researcher Intern with a strong engineering background. You will be part of a top-notch research and innovation team developing cutting-edge models for security, privacy and identity applications. The resulting models will be part of our engines deployed to millions of devices, and the intelligence platform in the cloud.

If you are excited about artificial intelligence and want to pit your skills against a true adversary who wants to evade you at all costs, then come work with us to solve the next generation of user safety challenges.

What you will do in this role:

• Explore new ways of using AI for internal or customer-facing application in a time-limited project 

• Work with existing ML and LLM models, finetune your own model for a downstream task

• Thoroughly evaluate the outcomes and present the results

Whan you will need to be successful in this role:

• MSc student in Computer Science, Machine Learning or similar

• Experience with multi-threaded and multi-process computing environments and correct Software Engineering practices

• Enthusiasm, analytical mind, willingness to learn and desire to push the boundaries of what is possible

• Fluent English

• Python language experience

• Communication, presentation, and visualization skills

Preferred qualifications:

• large software project experience using industrial grade language, alternatively Matlab and Python experience, including experience with data analysis libraries such as scikit-learn, functional language experience a plus

• Hands-on experience with Linux, Bash, GIT, Docker, continuous integration, package deployment and dependency management 

• Hands-on experience with TensorFlow, Torch, Kubernetes, Hadoop or similar systems

• Hands-on experience with LLM prompting a plus

• Hands-on experience with security ML deployments a plus

Sounds like fun? We look forward to hearing from you!

Gen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusivity. We base employment decisions on merit, experience, and business needs, without considering race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, or other unlawful factors. Gen prohibits discrimination based on these protected characteristics and recruits talented candidates from diverse backgrounds.

We consider individuals with arrest and conviction records and do not discriminate against employees for discussing their own pay or that of other employees or applicants. Learn more about pay transparency. 

To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.