Applied Scientist Intern, PhD (Summer 2027)

Posted

LyftSan Francisco, CAfull-time

Tech Stack

Responsibilities

  • Develop LLM-based Rider Agents representing heterogeneous rider contexts, preferences, histories, and behaviors
  • Build agent-based simulation environments for evaluating rider interactions with product experiences
  • Build evaluation pipelines to assess realism, robustness, and plausibility of simulated behavior
  • Conduct experiments and ablation studies on agent behavior and simulation validity
  • Communicate technical findings and recommendations to science, engineering, and product partners

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Equity
  • Health Insurance

Culture

Hybrid WorkCross-Functional TeamsInclusive Hiring

Requirements

Required: PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related technical field
Regions: Us

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