Student Researcher [Seed LLM - Code Generation] 2026 Start (PhD)

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Develop methods for code generation and editing using large language models, including improving performance on tasks such as synthesis, repair, documentation, and test generation.
• Conduct research on self-evolving agents that can learn to write, edit, and optimize code over time with minimal supervision.
• Explore multi-agent reinforcement learning settings where agents collaborate, compete, or communicate to solve complex programming tasks.
• Investigate instruction tuning, multi-turn prompting, retrieval-augmented generation, and reinforcement learning for program synthesis.
• Build benchmarks and tools for evaluating model performance in code understanding, collaborative reasoning, and long-horizon programming scenarios.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Programming Systems, or a related field.
• Research experience in code generation, program synthesis, or LLMs for software engineering.
• First-author publications in top venues such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, PLDI, or OOPSLA.
• Familiarity with LLM toolchains (e.g., HuggingFace, PyTorch) and structured code/data handling.

Nice to Have

• Experience with reinforcement learning or agent-based learning in structured environments.
• Background in multi-agent coordination, curriculum learning, or self-improving systems.
• Understanding of software reasoning tasks such as static analysis, refactoring, or automated debugging.
• Familiarity with open code benchmarks (e.g., HumanEval, MBPP, CodeContests, SWE-bench).

Qualifications

• Research experience in code generation, program synthesis, or LLMs for software engineering.
• First-author publications in top research venues.
• Familiarity with LLM toolchains and structured code/data handling.

Benefits & Perks

• Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, and more.
• Interns receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in the first half of the year, 40 hours if in the second half).
• Interns who are not working 100% remotely may be eligible for housing allowance.
• The hourly rate for this position is $65.