[Remote] Research Scientist Intern, Game AI - Summer 2026 (Remote)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Riot Games is a company focused on creating exceptional player experiences through innovative technology. As a Research Scientist Intern, you will contribute to a team that leverages generative AI to enhance game development pipelines and player experiences by tracking research, building prototypes, and collaborating with game teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with game teams and creators to shape the future of gameplay through next-generation technologies
• Partner with artists, designers, and engineers to prototype new applications of research
• Explore the application of large language models and state of the art content generation models to games in development and production

Skills

• Enrolled in an M.S. or Ph.D. program in statistics, engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, or a related quantitative field (math, physics, etc.)
• Graduating during the 2027 calendar year
• Available to work full-time hours for the 12 week internship duration
• Eligible to work in the country that you reside in during this remote program
• Experience in deep learning, including frameworks such as Tensorflow or PyTorch
• Experience processing data and build machine learning models using Python
• Experience in machine learning techniques
• Experience in statistical modeling and optimization
• Understanding of distributed systems and concurrent programming
• Familiarity with cloud computing basics on AWS (EC2, S3)
• Experience working with Linux operating systems
• Experience in C++ and game development (Unreal, Unity, Godot)
• Experience with version control systems. (We use Git)
• Experience in large language models, diffusion models, neural radiance fields, or Gaussian splats
• Experience in social network analysis, natural language processing, computer vision, or signal processing

Benefits

• Riot Internships are paid
• 401(k) plan
• In-game perks
• Participate in our Play Fund
• Intern focused events

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