AI Agent Algorithm Engineer Intern (Global E-Commerce, Affiliate) - 2027 Start (PhD)
Core
Build and evolve AI agent runtimes, context/memory systems, and self-evolving loops for creator/seller agents to drive e-commerce GMV growth.
Role type
PhD intern, AI Agent Algorithm Engineer
Builds
AI-native content creation tools, unified search/recommendation engines, and agent runtime infrastructure for the Affiliate Product Marketplace.
Domain
E-commerce, AI Agents, Large Language Models (LLMs)
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, C++/Go/Rust/Java, LLMs, Agents, Post-training (SFT/DPO/RL), Context Engineering, Tool Use (MCP/Skills), Evaluation (LLM-as-judge)
Preferred skills
Agent runtime/harness development, Inference & serving (vLLM/TensorRT-LLM), Multilingual NLP, Publications, Competitive programming
Technologies
vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, MCP, SFT, DPO, RL, RAG
Responsibilities
Orchestrate agent skills and tools; Engineer context and memory for long multi-turn agents; Post-train and fine-tune LLMs; Design and integrate tools and MCP connectors; Build evaluation harnesses; Build self-evolving loops with task simulators; Ship end-to-end surfaces to production.
Seniority
Intern, Research & Development
