Research Intern, PhD, Summer 2027

Google; Toronto; On-site; CAD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a PhD student for a full-time, 12–14 week paid internship in Canada. Researchers work with developers to explore AI, ML, NLP, and related areas, building experiments, prototypes, and architectures at Google scale.

The program emphasizes collaboration, professional development, and exposure to executive speaker series across teams.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience in one CS area such as NLP, ML, CV, or data science.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a research agenda.
• Collaborate with peers, managers, and partner teams to advance projects.

Skills

Python

Java

JavaScript

C/C++

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and it's in the candidate's best interest to apply early. The anticipated application window is open until February 26, 2027, but may close earlier if all available projects are full.

Timing on when you can hear back will vary and can take upwards of 90+ days. If you haven't heard from us in three months about an application, we likely proceeded with other candidates for that particular role. However, our recruiters might reach out if we find a different potential match for your skills, interests, and experience.

Participation in the internship program requires that you are located in Canada for the duration of the internship program.

This internship is intended for students in their penultimate academic year, who are pursuing a PhD degree program in Computer Science or a related field. If you are in an earlier academic year we encourage you to apply to the Student Researcher openings.

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for this internship program.

This posting is for a future vacancy. Google utilizes AI tools to assist in assessing candidates in our hiring processes.

Minimum qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a PhD degree in Computer Science, Linguistics, Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Economics, Natural Sciences, or related technical field.
• Experience in one area of computer science (e.g., Natural Language Understanding, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Algorithmic Foundations of Optimization, Quantum Information Science, Data Science, Software Developing, or similar areas).

Preferred qualifications

• Currently attending a degree program in Canada and available to work full time for 12 weeks outside of university term time.
• Penultimate academic year or returning to a degree program after completion of the internship.
• Experience as a researcher, including internships, full-time, or at a lab.
• Experience contributing research communities or efforts, including publishing papers in major conferences or journals.
• Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript, C/C++, etc.).

About The Job

Join us for a full-time, 12-14 week paid internship that offers personal and professional development, an executive speaker series, and community-building. Research happens across Google everyday, in many different teams. Our research has already impacted user-facing services across Google, including Search, Maps, and Google Now, and is central to the success of Google Cloud and our planet-scale computing, storage, and networking infrastructure.

Research Interns work closely with developers to discover, invent, and build at the largest scale. From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing architectures, Research Interns work on challenges in artificial intelligence, machine perception, data mining, machine learning, natural language understanding, privacy, computer architecture, networking, operating systems, storage and data management, and more.

Google Research addresses challenges that define the technology of today and tomorrow. From conducting fundamental research to influencing product development, our research teams have the opportunity to impact technology used by billions of people every day.

Our teams aspire to make discoveries that impact everyone, and core to our approach is sharing our research and tools to fuel progress in the field -- we publish regularly in academic journals, release projects as open source, and apply research to Google products.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Canada: $120000 (CAD) + 0% bonus target

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a research agenda.
• Contribute to a productive and innovative team, including working with peers, managers, and partner teams.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.