Research Intern, Model Shaping (Fall 2026)

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About The Role

As a Research Intern in the Model Shaping team, you will work on one or more of the following areas:

Advanced post-training methods across supervised learning, preference optimization, and reinforcement learning

New techniques and systems for efficient training of neural networks (e.g., distributed training, algorithmic improvements, optimization methods)

Robust and reliable evaluation of foundation model capabilities

The Model Shaping team at Together AI works on products and research for tailoring open foundation models to downstream applications. We build services that allow machine learning developers to choose the best models for their tasks and further improve these models using domain-specific data. In addition to that, we develop new methods for more efficient model training and evaluation, drawing inspiration from a broad spectrum of ideas across machine learning, natural language processing, and ML systems.

Past research led by Model Shaping interns resulted in the following publications:

Escaping the Verifier: Learning to Reason via Demonstrations (ICML 2026)

Untied Ulysses: Memory-Efficient Context Parallelism via Headwise Chunking (ICML 2026)

​​ FFT-based Dynamic Subspace Selection for Low-Rank Adaptive Optimization of Large Language Models (ICLR 2026)

Responsibilities

Research and implement novel techniques in one or more of our focus areas

Design and conduct rigorous experiments to validate hypotheses

Document findings in scientific publications and blog posts

Integrate the research results into Together products

Requirements

Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

Strong knowledge of Machine Learning and Deep Learning fundamentals

Experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, etc.)

Familiarity with the Transformer architecture and recent developments in foundation models

Preferred Requirements

Prior research experience with training foundation models or efficient machine learning

Publications at leading ML and NLP conferences (such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, or EMNLP)

Understanding of model optimization techniques and hardware acceleration approaches

Contributions to open-source machine learning projects

Internship Program Details

Our fall internship program spans over 12 to 16 weeks where you’ll have the opportunity to work with industry-leading engineers building a cloud from the ground up and possibly contribute to influential open source projects. Our internship dates are September 14th to December 18th and this role will be located in our San Francisco or Amsterdam office.

About Together AI

Together AI is a research-driven artificial intelligence company. We believe open and transparent AI systems will drive innovation and create the best outcomes for society, and together we are on a mission to significantly lower the cost of modern AI systems by co-designing software, algorithms, and models. We have contributed to leading open-source research, models, and datasets to advance the frontier of AI, and our team has been behind technological advancements such as FlashAttention, Mamba, FlexGen, SWARM Parallelism, Mixture of Agents, and RedPajama.

Compensation

We offer competitive compensation, housing stipends, and other competitive benefits. The estimated US hourly rate for this role is $58 to $63. Our hourly rates are determined by location, level and role. Individual compensation will be determined by experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.

Equal Opportunity

Together AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more.

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