PhD Research Intern - Applied AI (Summer 2024)
Typeface
Software Engineering, Data Science
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Posted on Sunday, June 23, 2024
Who we are?
Typeface is on a mission to help everyone express their unique imagination. We believe technology is a creative partner that empowers any company to tell their unique stories faster and easier than ever before. Generative AI platforms represent a major breakthrough to create content at tremendous speed and scale. For enterprises to successfully leverage their potential, they need to include their unique voice and style and ensure responsible AI practices. We unite content velocity with brand personalization and safety, so that every company can achieve its creative potential. We are looking for passionate individuals who want to help build a fast-growing GenAI company from the ground up.
Why join us?
We are looking for strong applied AI interns to work closely with our team on problems related to text and image generation, editing and enhancement. The intern is expected to participate in brainstorming sessions and propose ideas to solve real world problems we are addressing at Typeface. She/he is further expected to convert those ideas into working prototypes, demonstrating results using either public benchmark datasets or our in-house datasets. The internship is expected to produce one or more of the following: component(s) in core Typeface product, patent, and publication in top tier venues.
Minimum Qualifications
Benefits
Typeface is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. *
Diversity & Inclusion Statement
At Typeface, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We are committed to creating a workplace that is welcoming and inclusive for all employees, regardless of their background or identity. We value diversity in all its forms and strive to create a culture of respect, understanding, and collaboration.
Typeface is on a mission to help everyone express their unique imagination. We believe technology is a creative partner that empowers any company to tell their unique stories faster and easier than ever before. Generative AI platforms represent a major breakthrough to create content at tremendous speed and scale. For enterprises to successfully leverage their potential, they need to include their unique voice and style and ensure responsible AI practices. We unite content velocity with brand personalization and safety, so that every company can achieve its creative potential. We are looking for passionate individuals who want to help build a fast-growing GenAI company from the ground up.
Why join us?
- Bleeding edge technology: We explore uncharted territory at the intersection of art and science. We strive to revolutionize content, amplifying human creativity with cutting-edge AI in a safe and responsible way.
- Best-in-class product: We built the leading enterprise-grade generative AI solution, so any business, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, can 10x personalized content at scale. Typeface combines the best-in-class AI platforms across the board with our own brand-personalized AI model to hyper-personalize content at scale with a responsible AI approach.
- World-class team: Founded by the former CPO & CTO of Adobe, Abhay Parasnis, and a highly experienced team with a proven track record of building revolutionary, long-lasting AI, SaaS, and media technologists that are completely focused on customer impact.
- Top-tier Investors: Backed by top-tier venture capital firms: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, GV (Google Ventures), Madrona, Menlo Ventures, and M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund). Check out our Series B announcement.
- Rapid customer traction: Overwhelming demand from Fortune 500 companies and popular digital-native brands from every industry.
- Awards & recognition: Honored to be a winner of 10+ industry awards for our unique approach to enterprise GenAI, including Fast Company’s “Top 5 Next Big Things in Tech” and Adweek’s AI Company of the Year.
We are looking for strong applied AI interns to work closely with our team on problems related to text and image generation, editing and enhancement. The intern is expected to participate in brainstorming sessions and propose ideas to solve real world problems we are addressing at Typeface. She/he is further expected to convert those ideas into working prototypes, demonstrating results using either public benchmark datasets or our in-house datasets. The internship is expected to produce one or more of the following: component(s) in core Typeface product, patent, and publication in top tier venues.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must be a PhD candidate working on and with expertise in NLP and/or Computer Vision research
- Strong fundamentals of NLP and/or Computer Vision algorithms, and Deep Learning systems and algorithms
- Exposure to working on multimodal AI is a plus, e.g. via coursework, previous internships or full-time positions.
- Track record of converting initial research ideas into working prototypes
- Prior publications and contributions to open-source software are a plus
- Prior participation in challenges and competitions are a plus
- Knowledge of common machine learning frameworks, and expertise in PyTorch
- Excellent communication skills
Benefits
- Competitive salaries and equity
- Comprehensive benefits package (medical, dental, vision)
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
Typeface is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. *
Diversity & Inclusion Statement
At Typeface, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We are committed to creating a workplace that is welcoming and inclusive for all employees, regardless of their background or identity. We value diversity in all its forms and strive to create a culture of respect, understanding, and collaboration.