[Remote] Machine Learning Intern

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company, and they are seeking a Machine Learning Intern to join their Special Projects & Epic Research Group. The intern will work on creating machine learning models to support game developers and improve user experience.

Responsibilities

• Create machine learning models in areas including player safety, game agents (e.g. AI-backed characters, VLA agents), world/scene and game logic generation, developer tools, and improved user experience
• Work alongside our team of research scientists and programmers on applied research problems
• Own data analysis and data creation, supported by an internal team of labellers
• Design, implement, and experiment with models end to end
• Gain exposure to programming work around deploying models at scale

Skills

• An ongoing or recently completed (within the last 12 months) PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, AI or a related field - recent MSc graduates in the same fields will also be considered
• Experience building models or algorithms in computer vision, natural language processing, or speech/audio/acoustic processing
• Hands-on knowledge of modern deep learning methods, such as Transformers, LLM fine-tuning, and diffusion models
• Strong coding skills in Python and the standard ML stack (PyTorch, NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn)
• You must hold an existing right to work in the UK, US or Canada for the full duration of the internship - Visa sponsorship or support is unavailable for this role
• Game dev experience in either C++ or C# (including personal projects)

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