Remote Research Data Scientist Intern – LLMs in Crypto

Binance; United States; Remote; USD 27,552 - 41,328; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Work-from-home options

Career development & networking

Job summary

Binance Accelerator Program (BAP) offers a 3-6 month internship for early career talent to gain hands-on experience in the digital assets space. You’ll work with senior scientists on research problems at the frontier of LLM reasoning and post-training methodologies, with direct impact on production systems used by millions of users.

You will run experiments, implement ideas from recent research, and translate findings into practical systems while thinking independently and contributing to

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Master's or PhD in ML/CS/Math or related field is strongly preferred.
• Expected graduation in 2026, 2027, or 2028.
• Strong Python and PyTorch skills; C++/Rust exposure is a plus; comfortable with AI-assisted tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and execution of experiments in reasoning model training, post-training alignment, test-time scaling, or systematic model evaluation — with a focus on applications in financial and crypto-native contexts
• Review and synthesize recent academic literature at NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and ACL — tracking developments in reasoning, alignment, and agentic AI to inform and sharpen ongoing research directions
• Implement model variants, training procedures including RLVR-based approaches, and evaluation protocols using PyTorch and the Hugging Face ecosystem
• Track and log experiments systematically using Weights & Biases or equivalent — maintaining reproducibility standards throughout
• Explore the intersection of LLM reasoning and crypto-native data: on-chain signals, market microstructure, multi-modal market intelligence — identifying research opportunities unique to Binance's position
• Collaborate with applied engineering teams to understand how research findings translate into production constraints in a zero-downtime, 24/7 trading environment

Skills

Python

PyTorch

C++ exposure

Rust exposure

LLM reasoning

Education

Master's or PhD in ML/CS/Math

Tools

PyTorch ecosystem

Hugging Face

Weights & Biases

Git

Job description

Binance Accelerator Program (BAP) offers a 3-6 month internship for early career talent to gain hands-on experience in the digital assets space. You’ll work with senior scientists on research problems at the frontier of LLM reasoning and post-training methodologies, with direct impact on production systems used by millions of users.

You will run experiments, implement ideas from recent research, and translate findings into practical systems while thinking independently and contributing to