2025 University Recruiting - Data, AI, and Genome Sciences (DAGS), AI/ML Co-op - Military Veterans

Job Description

The Future Talent Program features Cooperative (Co-op) education that lasts up to 6 months and will include one or more projects. These opportunities in our Research and Development Division can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals.

The Future Talent Program within the Research and Development Division Data, AI, and Genome Sciences (DAGS) Department is offering co-op opportunities that last a period of six months. There is 1 position in the DAGS AI/ML Ops group. Candidates can apply for the opportunity to be involved in a project designed to enable students to further develop their skills and to evaluate if we are the right company for their long-term goals. We are seeking highly motivated and talented students with computational skills and experience.

DAGS AI/ML Ops (1 position, Cambridge, MA or remote):

• Daily technical support for AI/ML Engineers and Data Scientists.


• Build/maintain/scale custom code-heavy custom AI/ML infrastructure.


• Build/maintain custom Python SDK, accelerating workflows with reusable, reliable code.

Required Education and Skills:

• Candidates must be currently enrolled in a minimum of a Bachelor's degree program in Computer Science or a related field of study. Students enrolled in graduate programs (MS or PhD) are highly encouraged to apply.


• Candidates must be available to work full-time for 6 months in 2025.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Candidates must have demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills and must be able to work well in a collaborative team environment.


• Candidates must have excellent academic achievement and analytical ability.


• Candidates must have a passion to focus relentlessly on user experience in a fast-paced industry environment.


• Candidates must have excellent interpersonal skills and a team-focused collaborative mindset to provide technical support to code-heavy AI/ML Engineers and Data Scientists.


• Candidates must have experience with the full SDLC of maintaining pip-installable Python Packages following modern DevSecOps best practices.


• Candidates must have experience with Confluence and Kanban Jira boards.


• Candidates must have experience with AWS, Docker, GitHub, and GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows.


• Candidates must have experience with modern Deep Learning Huggingface/Torch frameworks.


• Candidates must have experience with distributed GPU-cluster compute.

Under New York City, Colorado State, Washington State, and California State law, the Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate's relevant skills, experience, and education.

Expected salary range:

$39,600.00-$105,500.00

FTP2025

MRL2025

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Employee Status:
Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)

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Job Posting End Date:
10/28/2024
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