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Fundamental Research Labs

Fundamental Research Labs

Menlo Park, CA, USA
Posted on Aug 13, 2025

Location

Menlo Park Office

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Department

*Platform + Product Engineering

About the Role

We're seeking highly motivated technical interns to join us on a rolling basis across the following functions: Research Engineer, Research Scientist, Software Engineer

You will be exposed to high-impact projects with mentorship from experienced engineers and researchers along with access to internal resources aimed at building industry-relevant skills. This role provides hands-on experience with high-impact initiatives, offering the chance to build skills in autonomous agents, software engineering, and product development within a fast-paced, innovative environment.

At this time we are prioritizing interns who can be with us onsite in our Menlo Park office for a minimum of 40 hours a week.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with developing and maintaining scalable, efficient AI tools and infrastructure

  • Collaborate with engineering and research teams to understand project requirements and support agent functionality

Qualifications

  • Pursuing or recently completed a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

  • Proficiency in modern programming languages (ie Python, Go)

  • Familiarity with large language models and multimodal AI frameworks

  • Understanding of AI/ML concepts and frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch)

  • Strong analytical skills, a proactive approach to learning, and the ability to work collaboratively

  • Startup-oriented mindset: comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration

  • Strong computer science fundamentals

Bonus

  • Competitive programming or research background (IOI, USACO Gold/Platinum, ACM-ICPC, ICML, ICLR, Neurips, UAI, RSS, CoRL, ACL, EMNLP, NACCL, JMLR, TMLR, or similar)

  • Open source project contributions

What makes us interesting

  • Small, elite team of ex-founders, researchers from top AI Labs, top CS grads, and engineers from top companies

  • True ownership You will not be blocked by bureaucracy, shipping meaningful work within weeks rather than months

  • Serious momentum We're well-funded by top investors, moving fast, and focused on execution

What we do

  • Ship consumer products powered by cutting-edge AI research, and

  • Build infrastructure that facilitates research and product, and

  • Innovate cutting-edge research that will open up new consumer product forms

The Details

  • Minimum 40 hours a week, onsite in Menlo Park

  • Startup hours apply

  • Generous compensation