Fall 2026

Research Engineer Intern

Hiverge

Hiverge

11-50 employees

AI platform for automatic algorithm design

No salary listed

Cambridge, UK

In Person

Master's

Category
AI & Machine Learning (1)
Required Skills
LLM
Python
Software Testing
Data Structures & Algorithms
PyTorch
Machine Learning
Reinforcement Learning

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Requirements
  • Have a Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Have strong coding skills in Python and experience with PyTorch, JAX, and modern large language model tooling for inference and fine-tuning.
  • Have experience in applied research engineering demonstrated by impactful academic projects or internships in large language models, search or reinforcement learning, or compilers and verification.
  • Have exposure to evaluation frameworks, unit testing, property-based testing, and performance profiling.
Responsibilities
  • Support the development of scalable experimentation foundations with strong reproducibility and observability.
  • Help create and improve robust prompt and code-selection tooling.
  • Assist in optimizing the system's inference and infrastructure for better efficiency.
  • Work with machine learning engineers and researchers to implement new ideas.
  • Engage with the research community to advance the state of algorithmic discovery.
Desired Qualifications
  • Contribute to open research or community tooling.
  • Demonstrate familiarity with algorithm design and practical understanding of reinforcement learning, evolutionary methods, and optimization methods.

Hive is a platform that automatically designs, tests, and optimizes algorithms for important business and machine learning tasks. It runs multiple agents in parallel, evaluates options against real performance metrics, and uses synthesis-style methods to assemble high-performance, task-tailored algorithms that adapt as environments change. Unlike generic methods, Hive delivers bespoke solutions without requiring large in-house engineering teams and stays effective as conditions shift. Its goal is to let organizations access custom, high-performance algorithms quickly and with less engineering effort, improving efficiency in planning, training, routing, and other critical tasks.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$5M

Headquarters

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Founded

2025

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What believers are saying

  • March 2026 partnerships with Quantinuum, AWS, and NVIDIA expand distribution and legitimacy.
  • September 2025 seed funding from Flying Fish and Jeff Dean funds productization.
  • Early-access waitlist and internship hiring show growing demand before full commercial launch.

What critics are saying

  • Hiverge still experiments with licensing and proof-of-concepts, delaying predictable revenue.
  • Four-person research hiring in Cambridge signals heavy dependence on scarce elite talent.
  • OpenAI, Anthropic, and in-house quant teams can commoditize agentic algorithm discovery by 2027.

What makes Hiverge unique

  • DeepMind alumni and Hamza Fawzi bring rare algorithms and optimization credibility.
  • Hive turns natural-language problem sketches into executable algorithms, not generic copilots.
  • Quantinuum, NVIDIA, and AWS validated Hive on quantum algorithm discovery in 2026.

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Growth & Insights and Company News

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Business Insider
Sep 17th, 2025
Read the pitch deck these ex-DeepMind scientists used to raise $5 million for an AI 'algorithm factory'

Flying Fish Ventures led Hiverge's seed funding round, which also attracted investment from Ahren Innovation Capital and Google's chief scientist, Jeff Dean, among others.

Fortune
Sep 16th, 2025
Hiverge secures $5M to democratize AI

Former Google DeepMind researchers have launched Hiverge, securing $5 million in seed funding led by Flying Fish Ventures. Hiverge aims to democratize access to advanced algorithms with its AI platform, "Hive," which generates and tests novel algorithms for business processes. Cofounders Alhussein and Hamza Fawzi, along with CTO Bernardino Romera-Paredes, plan to expand their team and transition from research to product development, making their technology accessible via cloud marketplaces.