Forward Deployed Engineering Intern

ABOUT BASETEN

We’re a growing team of builders backed by top-tier investors, including IVP, Spark Capital, Greylock, and Sarah Guo at Conviction. ML teams at enterprises and category-defining AI-native companies like Descript, Bland.ai, Patreon, Writer, and Robust Intelligence use Baseten to power their core production workloads with best-in-class performance, security, and reliability. While we’ve unlocked PMF and secured Series B funding, the ML infrastructure market is massive, and we’re just getting started. If you’re excited to work on engaging and relevant problems while building something new from the ground up, come join us!

THE ROLE

As a Forward Deployed ML Engineering Intern at Baseten, you will partner with our customers to understand their problems and engineer ML solutions using state-of-the-art models and our open-source Truss system. This role provides a unique front-row view into the opportunities and challenges facing companies implementing ML and AI solutions at scale.

This internship is based out of our San Francisco HQ and is expected to be on-site 4+ days per week most weeks. We’re currently hiring for Winter and Spring 2025.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Use Baseten’s open-source Truss framework to build and test the latest ML models.

• Research generative AI models and techniques and add them to our public model library for users to deploy.

• Partner with customers to support production ML use cases.

• Collaborate with other Baseten engineers to optimize ML model performance for specific use cases.

• Contribute to Truss or create open-source projects powered by Baseten.

REQUIREMENTS

• Demonstrated experience with Python in a production-level environment.

• Some familiarity with AI/ML pipelines and the ML model development and deployment lifecycle.

• Bonus: Previous work experience building or optimizing AI/ML projects.

Apply Now to embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.