Machine Learning Engineer-Internship

LE130 Unity Technologies SF; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 135,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, life, and disa­b

Employee stock ownership

Training and development programs

Job summary

Unity Technologies SF is seeking an ML Engineer, Intern to join our Offline Infrastructure team. You will help build data pipelines and contribute to distributed training workflows that power large-scale ML models and experiments.

This role blends research-driven thinking with production-ready systems, offering exposure to end-to-end ML pipelines in a fast-paced environment. You'll work alongside experienced engineers and researchers to improve reproducibility, reliability, and performance of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, ML, Systems or related field.
• Strong foundation in ML systems, distributed systems, or large-scale data processing.
• Experience with Python and data-intensive workloads.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines that generate training datasets and support experiments.
• Contribute to infrastructure for distributed training workflows (e.g., PyTorch, Ray).
• Work with workflow orchestration tools to support multi-stage ML pipelines.

Skills

Python

ML systems

Distributed systems

Data pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/ML/Systems

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Ray

Spark

Job description

The opportunity Unity Vector builds an offline ML platform that powers insight, experimentation, attribution, and AI-driven decision-making across the company. Our systems operate at scale across batch and streaming data, supporting analytics, product intelligence, machine learning pipelines, and business operations. As data volume and complexity grow, our platform enables large-scale model training, feature generation, and experimentation workflows that power production ML systems. We’re looking for a Machine Learning Engineer,Intern to join our Offline Infrastructure team. This is an ideal role for people who is excited to work on large-scale systems and apply research-driven thinking to real-world machine learning problems. You’ll help build and evolve the infrastructure that powers training data generation, ML workflows, and distributed model training. Working closely with experienced engineers and researchers, you’ll contribute to systems that ensure our ML pipelines are reliable, scalable, and efficient. This role offers the opportunity to bridge research and production - translating advanced ideas into systems that operate at scale.

What you'll be doing

• Build and maintain data pipelines that generate training datasets for machine learning models and experimentation
• Contribute to infrastructure that supports distributed training workflows (e.g., PyTorch, Ray)
• Work with workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Flyte, or similar) to support multi-stage ML pipelines
• Improve reproducibility and reliability through dataset validation, monitoring, and testing
• Partner with ML engineers to support experimentation and model iteration
• Help optimize performance and efficiency across data processing and training systems
• Contribute to the evolution of our offline ML platform architecture as it scales

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Systems, or a related field
• Strong foundation in machine learning systems, distributed systems, or large-scale data processing (through research or projects)
• Experience with Python and working with data-intensive workloads
• Familiarity with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and/or distributed systems (e.g., Ray, Spark)
• Experience (academic or applied) with data pipelines, model training workflows, or large datasets
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to translate research ideas into practical systems
• Interest in building scalable, reliable infrastructure for machine learning

Nice to Have

• Experience with workflow orchestration systems (Airflow, Flyte, etc.)
• Exposure to large-scale data platforms (data lakes, warehouses, streaming systems)
• Publications or research in ML systems, distributed systems, or related areas

Additional information

• Zone A: $117,000 - $152,000
• Zone B: $104,100 - $135,300
• Zone C: $92,000 - $119,600
• This range reflects the anticipated base salary for this position.

Beyond base salary, this role may be eligible for equity awards and participation in our company incentive plans (such as annual discretionary bonuses or sales commissions). The final offer amount will depend on several factors, including geographic location and the candidate’s relevant experience, professional background, and skill set.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Commute subsidy
• Employee stock ownership
• Competitive retirement/pension plans
• Generous vacation and personal days
• Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs
• Office food snacks
• Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
• Employee Resource Groups
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Training and development programs
• Volunteering and donation matching program

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