Research Intern
Core
Research Intern working on AI agent evaluation, post-training methods, and reasoning studies to improve Sierra's customer-facing AI agents.
Role type
Research Intern (Applied Research)
Builds
AI agent evaluation benchmarks, post-training methods, and research findings for production agents.
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / AI Agents
Deliverable
research
Required skills
experimental design, Python, PyTorch, LLM inference and training stacks, research track record, clear communication
Preferred skills
LLM agents, tool use, multi-turn dialogue, benchmark design, supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, speech/voice models, open-source contributions
Technologies
Python, PyTorch, LLM inference stacks, LLM training stacks
Responsibilities
Own a research project from start to finish, push agent evaluation forward, study how agents reason and use tools, explore post-training methods, work with large-scale proprietary datasets, collaborate with researchers and engineers
Seniority
Intern