Deep Learning Intern

Job Description

About the Job

Company Overview

Samsung Ads is an advanced advertising technology company in rapid growth, focused on enabling brands to connect with Samsung TV audiences. They achieve this by leveraging the industry’s most comprehensive data to build the world’s smartest advertising platform. Being part of an international company like Samsung means working on big, complex projects with stakeholders and teams located around the globe.

Culture & Growth

The organization prides itself on being a world-class entity grounded in an entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit. Working at Samsung Ads offers one of the best environments in the industry to learn, fostering rapid personal and professional growth. The team thrives on problem-solving, breaking new ground, and enjoying every part of the journey.

Machine Learning & the Platform Intelligence (PI) Team

Machine learning lies at the core of the advertising industry, and Samsung Ads is no exception. The Platform Intelligence (PI) team is at the forefront, actively exploring the latest deep learning and generative AI techniques to enhance existing systems and products, and to create new revenue streams. Their mission is to represent Samsung’s leadership in large-scale machine learning products through collaboration with top talent, fostering a strong environment between industry and academia.

As a deep learning intern, you will gain access to unique Samsung proprietary data, allowing you to develop and deploy a wide spectrum of large-scale machine learning products with real-world impact. Your work will involve prototyping, implementing, and launching cutting-edge modeling techniques, including:

• Transformer architectures
• Large-scale sequence models
• High-throughput training pipelines

These efforts will power the next wave of ads relevance, ranking, and conversion optimization. You will be closely supported by a talented engineering team and top-notch researchers, working on exciting machine learning projects and state-of-the-art technologies within a unique learning culture and creative work atmosphere. Publications and patents are expected as outputs of the internship.

Responsibilities

• Explore cutting-edge machine learning technologies for products.
• Design and develop deep learning algorithms and models for real-world products.
• Explore and incubate next-generation ML model structures for all performance ads solutions.
• Closely work with the machine learning engineering team to deploy new models to generate real-world impact.
• Create quick prototypes and proof-of-concepts for future product features.
• Design experiments, perform evaluations, and apply enhancements to products.
• Publish research results in top venues and file patents.

Experience Requirements:

• PhD students in Computer Science or relevant fields.
• Solid theoretical background in machine learning and/or data mining.
• Hands-on experience with machine and deep learning algorithms and models.
• Thorough understanding of state-of-the-art LLM/Diffusion models.
• Proficiency in data structures, algorithms, and machine learning libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, Keras).
• Strong programming skills with Python.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Publications in relevant top venues (e.g., KDD, NIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, IJCAI, ICDM, ACL).

Preferred Experience Requirements:

• Basic knowledge about big data tools and data pipelines.

Compensation & Benefits:

For candidates based in Mountain View, CA, compensation for this role is expected to be between $42.00 – $61.00 per hour. Additionally, Samsung will provide a housing stipend of $1,800 per month during the internship program. Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role.