Machine Learning Engineer, PhD Intern (Fall)
Core
PhD intern developing LLM-based systems, generative recommendations, and search relevance for Instacart's grocery delivery platform.
Role type
PhD intern machine learning engineer (LLM & search)
Builds
LLM-powered search, generative recommendations, and knowledge graphs for grocery delivery
Domain
E-commerce / Grocery delivery / Large-scale ML systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, Golang, machine learning, algorithms, optimization
Preferred skills
PyTorch, Tensorflow, vLLM, generative modeling, research-to-production translation
Technologies
LLMs, PyTorch, Tensorflow, vLLM, knowledge graphs
Responsibilities
Query understanding with LLMs, search relevance and ranking, generative recommendations, LLM evaluation frameworks, low-latency LLM deployment, knowledge graph management, sequence modeling for user behavior
Seniority
PhD student, research & implementation
