Base Labs Fellowship
3-month full-time research fellowship at Base Labs focused on open-source LLMs and frontier AI. Fellows receive 1:1 senior mentorship, $15k stipend, full support, and a path to full-time roles while producing publishable research from the San Francisco office.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Conduct 3 months of full-time research from the San Francisco office.
- Produce rigorous, published research that shapes the open-source ecosystem and Baseten's technical roadmap.
- Collaborate closely with a dedicated 1:1 senior research mentor.
- Operate with autonomy on research problems without a defined roadmap.
- Embed fully with the Base Labs team in San Francisco.
- Contribute to building the research culture from the ground up.
Requirements
- Enrolled in or recently completed a PhD in ML, AI, statistics, or a closely related field.
- Publication record or research portfolio demonstrating original, rigorous thinking.
- Care about the broader impact and purpose of your research.
- Ability to operate autonomously.
- Excitement to be based in San Francisco for the full program duration.
- Interest in building a research culture.
Nice-to-Haves
- Background as a research engineer with production stack experience.
- Insights from non-traditional paths (e.g., operators close to real systems).
- Prior work that may not fit standard credentialist models but shows exceptional quality.
Compensation
- $15,000 stipend per 3-month period.
- Funding for compute and other research expenses.
- Housing, meals, travel, and compute fully supported.
- Opportunities to publish and present at top venues (ICML, NeurIPS, Grace Hopper).
- Clear path to full-time offer for strongest performers.
Skills
Machine Learning, Ai Research, LLMs, Publishing Research, Phd-Level Research
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