Software Engineer Intern

Who you are

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science or a related technical field from a university in Canada (required), with a graduation date between December 2027 and Summer 2028 (required). For any candidates who are master's students who worked between their bachelor's and master's programs: candidates should also have less than 2 years of relevant full-time work experience
• Available during Summer 2027 for the internship in Toronto
• Good understanding and knowledge of ML libraries like scikit-learn, Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, MXNet, etc
• Strong programming skills in Python or a similar object oriented language
• Proven ability to effectively turn research ML papers into working code
• Practical knowledge of how to build efficient end-to-end ML workflows
• “Engineer at heart” with a high degree of comfort in designing software systems and producing high-quality code
• Curiosity and ability to quickly learn new concepts and technologies
• Strong problem solving mindset, resourcefulness, and willingness to figure things out independently through research or collaboratively through brainstorming
• Demonstrated oral and written interpersonal skills

What the job involves

• If you are a student with experience in machine learning workflows, passionate about solving challenging problems using data and working in a dynamic, creative, and collaborative environment, this opportunity is for you!
• Contribute to the design, build, train and test of Machine Learning models
• Write production-level code to convert ML models into working pipelines
• Partner with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and fellow ML Engineers to frame Machine Learning problems within the business context
• Analyze experimental and observational data, communicate findings to support decisions
• Participate in code and spec reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge

Benefits

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• Mental health benefits
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
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• Family building benefits
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