Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team.
Snowflake started with a clear vision: develop a cloud data platform that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. Snowflake developed an innovative new product with a built-for-the-cloud architecture that combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data platforms, and the elasticity of the cloud at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. We are now a world-class organization with offices in more than a dozen countries and serving many more.
With the explosion of language models, we are expanding our focus to build a novel platform that allows users to quickly and effortlessly adopt Generative AI. Using the unmatched governance and security of the data cloud, we now turn our attention to enabling the next generation of AI-enhanced workloads. As part of this effort, we are expanding our research efforts to build a truly world-class research team that drives Snowflake forward by building world-class AI products and researching the frontier of AI systems.
We're looking for dedicated students who share our passion for groundbreaking technology and want to create a lasting future for Snowflake and you.
WHAT WE OFFER:
Paid, full-time internships in the heart of the software industry
Post-internship career opportunities (full-time and/or additional internships)
Exposure to a fast-paced, fun, and inclusive culture
A chance to work with world-class experts on challenging projects
Opportunity to provide meaningful contributions to a real system used by customers
High level of access to supervisors (manager and mentor), detailed direction without micromanagement, feedback throughout your internship, and a final evaluation
Stuff that matters: treated as a member of the Snowflake team, included in company meetings/activities, flexible hours, casual dress code, accommodations to work from home, swag, and much more
Catered lunches, access to gaming consoles, recreational games, happy hours, company outings, and more
WHAT WE EXPECT:
Must be actively enrolled in an accredited college/university program during the time of the internship
Desired class level: Masters, or PhD
Desired majors: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Math, or related field
Recommended coursework: artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning,federated learning, efficient LLMs, information retrieval, predictive & generative modeling, natural language processing, differential privacy, cloud computing, distributed & operating systems
Research or publications in AI, ML, NLP, or CV or major contributions to open source.
When: Spring (Jan - April)
Duration: 12-16 weeks recommended, more than 16 weeks also encouraged (12 month maximum)
Excellent programming skills in python, Golang, and Java
Preferred knowledge of Pytorch or CUDA.
Experience with working as a part of a team
Dedication and passion for technology
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN/GAIN:
How to build enterprise grade, reliable, and trustworthy AI Systems to bring Simple and Secure AI & ML to our customers and their data.
Working to simplify the experience to build LLM-powered applications
Working to simplify access to ML for SQL-based analysts and users
How to collaborate toward delivering 1st party product enhancements leveraging the capabilities of language models.
Learning about cutting edge database technology and research in the world of AI
POSSIBLE TEAMS/WORK FOCUS AREAS:
Large-Scale Distributed Training
AI Inference
Model Compression
Automatic Finetuning and datalabeling
Large-scale distributed systems
Software-as-a-Service platform
Software frameworks for stability and performance testing
Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company's confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitiv
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