Research Scientist Internship, Upstart

• Bachelor (or above) degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Finance, Computer Science or a related quantitative field. We require that you are on track to graduate by the summer of 2027
• Proficiency in a broad array of mathematical, statistical, and machine learning skills
• Programming skills in Python
• Strong sense of intellectual curiosity, humility, drive and teamwork, as well as communication skills
• Ability to use modern agentic tooling (Claude Code, Codex, …) efficiently
• Travel requirements As a digital first company, the majority of your work can be accomplished remotely. The majority of our employees can live and work anywhere in the U.S but are encouraged to to still spend high quality time in-person collaborating via regular onsites. The in-person sessions’ cadence varies depending on the team and role; most teams meet once or twice per quarter for 2-4 consecutive days at a time

Desirable

• As a Research Scientist Intern, you will work on real-world applied machine learning problems and contribute to the development of business-critical models
• You will prototype new features/architectures, present your findings to the team and write production code to deploy your changes.You will receive mentorship from experienced ML practitioners and collaborate closely with ML scientists to improve our models
• Research, develop and deploy new features/architectures/models
• Write production-grade code, i.e. tested, reviewed and scalable Python
• Communicate findings clearly to get buy-in for recommended next steps
• Work with your mentor to align stakeholders, and drive next steps