Applied Scientist Intern

About the role

As an Applied Scientist Intern, you will become a specialist in our models, products, and codebase. You will identify potential problems or opportunities for improvement, conduct self-directed investigations, and suggest solutions through offline analyses and presentations to the ML team. You will receive mentorship from experienced practitioners and collaborate closely with the team to enhance our predictive models.

Responsibilities

• Research machine learning and statistical approaches to discover improvements to the predictive performance and business value of a model.
• Design, implement, and evaluate model, product, or technical enhancements using rigorous experimentation and validation methods.
• Translate research findings into clear recommendations, documented methodologies, and production-ready solutions.
• Work with your mentor to align stakeholders and drive next steps.

Required skills

• Machine learning
• Statistical theory
• Probability theory
• Python
• SQL
• Agentic tooling

Nice to have

• Supervised learning
• Model evaluation
• Feature engineering
• Econometrics
• Frequentist statistics
• Bayesian statistics
• Causal inference

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree in mathematics, statistics, physics, econometrics, computer science, or a related quantitative field
• On track to graduate by 2028

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Health Savings Account
• Life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter program

About the Company

Upstart is a leading AI lending marketplace that partners with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit through technology. The company is digital-first, with a mission to radically reduce the cost and complexity of borrowing.