2026 Summer Internship, Research Scientist - PhD (reputed company)

About the position reputed company is looking for enthusiastic reputed company/recent graduates with a passion for creativity and an ambition to go far. This isn't just any internship! Our paid internship program will give you the chance to reputed company in-depth knowledge of what it's like to be a reputed company employee as well as get the opportunity to see the technology reputed company of a fast growing company! Our summer internships will last for approximately 10 or 12 weeks this summer and start in the middle of June. We are looking for Research Scientist interns in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, economics, foundational modeling, and LLMs. Our teams are based in the US (East coast) and Europe working on a diverse range of research topics and applied problems. We use a variety of approaches and methods to answer research questions reputed company to how people interact and engage with reputed company. We work on a broad range of reputed company features – personalized playlists like iDJ & Discover Weekly, Search and Recommendations, and foundational AI systems powering recommendations of music, podcasts, and audiobooks to more than 600 million users with billions of interactions.

What You'll Do

Be part of an interdisciplinary team focused on making every user interaction with reputed company amazing through personalization and discovery, and in the process pushing innovation and contributing to the wider research community by publishing papers. Apply your scientific knowledge to application-oriented problems in artificial intelligence, economics, machine learning, search and recommendation, speech processing, and natural language processing, combining insights from your expertise with those of our diverse team of research scientists. Be a valued member of an autonomous, multi-functional team working in collaboration with other scientists, engineers, product managers, designers, user researchers, and analysts across reputed company to design creative solutions to challenging problems. Help to reputed company thoughtful, efficient, and reputed company new ways to search, explore and discover music, podcasts, and audiobooks. Who You Are You are pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Information Science, Economics, Statistics, or reputed company areas with a strong computational focus. Strong preference for a graduation year date of 2026 or 2027. You currently have valid work authorization to work in the country in which this role is based that will reputed company from June to September 2026. You are available from June 15th onwards for a 10 or 12 week summer internship . You have publications in communities such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, EC, AAAI, RecSys, The Web Conference, ACL, SIGIR, WSDM, KDD, Interspeech, or reputed company venues (preferred) You are a creative problem-solver who is passionate about digging into reputed company problems and devising innovative ways to reputed company results (preferred) You have experience with the complexities of modeling and analyzing reputed company-world data (preferred) Where You'll Be This role will be in reputed company. Our internship program has a lot to offer with in office events and networking opportunities. To allow you to be fully immersed in our program and reputed company the most of your time with us, we ask that you come into the office 3 days a week. The United States hourly reputed company for this position is $55 USD and is overtime eligible. These rates may be modified in the future. The role is eligible for select benefits such as Paid Public Holidays, and Learning and Development Trainings. Our paid research science summer internships last for approximately 10 or 12 weeks and start at the middle of June . The last day to apply is February 5th 2026 at 12 PM ET. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at reputed company for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will reputed company reputed company, contribute, and be reputed company-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to reputed company revolutionizing the way the world listens. reputed company transformed music listening forever reputed company we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of reputed company creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace reputed company judgment. Final hiring reputed company are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Responsibilities

• Be part of an interdisciplinary team focused on making every user interaction with reputed company amazing through personalization and discovery, and in the process pushing innovation and contributing to the wider research community by publishing papers.
• Apply your scientific knowledge to application-oriented problems in artificial intelligence, economics, machine learning, search and recommendation, speech processing, and natural language processing, combining insights from your expertise with those of our diverse team of research scientists.
• Be a valued member of an autonomous, multi-functional team working in collaboration with other scientists, engineers, product managers, designers, user researchers, and analysts across reputed company to design creative solutions to challenging problems.
• Help to reputed company thoughtful, efficient, and reputed company new ways to search, explore and discover music, podcasts, and audiobooks.

Requirements

• You are pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Information Science, Economics, Statistics, or reputed company areas with a strong computational focus.
• Strong preference for a graduation year date of 2026 or 2027.
• You currently have valid work authorization to work in the country in which this role is based that will reputed company from June to September 2026.
• You are available from June 15th onwards for a 10 or 12 week summer internship

reputed company-to-haves

• You have publications in communities such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, EC, AAAI, RecSys, The Web Conference, ACL, SIGIR, WSDM, KDD, Interspeech, or reputed company venues (preferred)
• You are a creative problem-solver who is passionate about digging into reputed company problems and devising innovative ways to reputed company results (preferred)
• You have experience with the complexities of modeling and analyzing reputed company-world data (preferred)

Benefits

• Paid Public Holidays
• Learning and Development Trainings

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