Internships

Seeking curious minds. 💡

At Borealis AI, we are committed to helping advance the next generation of AI experts. Apply your curiosity and expertise to a wide variety of theoretical and applied machine learning projects, with the support from our team and RBC.

Applications for our Winter 2025 Internship will open soon.

If you are looking to expand your experience and enhance your university education by working on real-life business challenges, with a fantastic team of people who will deeply care about your success and progress, we encourage you to monitor our page and apply for the next cycle. For any questions or enquiries, please contact: mi.research@borealisai.com.

Internships

About Borealis AI

Borealis Al is a research institute founded in 2016 by Royal Bank of Canada. Comprised of top Al researchers and engineers and motivated by the pursuit of solving intelligence, Borealis Al is advancing machine learning science, by utilizing the latest Al capabilities to build solutions that address some of the biggest challenges in financial services today.

Recognized for its industry-leading work around responsible and ethical Al and its commitment to Al innovation, which includes 90+ scientific publications in top-tier academic venues, 105+ patents and open-source activity. The institute performs research in key focus areas, including deep learning, time series forecasting, reinforcement learning, explainability, causality, behavioural modeling and more.

About Borealis AI
Research Internship Program

Our focus is on contributing to an AI ecosystem of the future — a diverse and inclusive community whose work truly improves people’s lives. Borealis AI typically offers research internships across all its labs in Canada. At this time, our internship program is running in a hybrid work environment. Interns support research on a wide variety of theoretical and applied machine learning projects.

If you are looking to expand your experience and enhance your university education by working on real-life business challenges, with a fantastic team of people who will deeply care about your success and progress, we encourage you to apply for the Borealis AI Internship program. 

Joining as an intern at Borealis AI will grant you unique access to massive structured and unstructured datasets, tools, GPUs, and resources necessary to build game-changing statistical models.

Being part of our team means you’ll have the opportunity to publish original research in peer-reviewed academic conferences, such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR. And you’ll be working with some of the brightest minds in AI.

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Mitacs Internship Program

Borealis AI has partnered with Mitacs to offer internships in a collaborative setting between our labs and a Canadian university. This program requires that both applicants and their academic advisors submit a proposal to Mitacs for peer review. As such, it is recommended that applicants initiate this process with Borealis AI at least 6 months before the intended internship start date.

Internships Focus Areas

AutoML Bayesian Optimization Computer Vision Deep Learning Graphs and Optimization Interpretability and Explainability Natural Language Processing Privacy and Fairness Reinforcement Learning Time Series Forecasting Unsupervised and Semi-supervised Learning

Qualifications

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    Ability to implement state-of-the-art machine learning techniques

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    High motivation to solve challenging research problems

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    Passion for data, algorithms, and statistics

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    Previous publications at a top-tier AI conference

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    Experience with writing modular, robust, scalable software in Python

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    Familiarity with the Unix command line and bash scripting

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    Proficiency with deep learning packages, such as Tensorflow, Keras, and PyTorch

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    A deep understanding of machine learning algorithms and/or statistical modeling

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    Pursuing a graduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering or another mathematically related field (e.g., Physics, Math, Statistics, etc.)

Frequently asked questions

  • The job posting for the ML Researcher internship roles is shared 6 months before the term start date. Positions are filled after the application deadline.

    The job posting for the engineering co-op roles is shared 4 months before the term start date. Since positions are filled on an on-going basis, it is important to apply at the start of the application period so you don’t miss out on exciting opportunities.

  • The internship cycle is four months.

  • Internship opportunities for students are grouped into three terms each year: winter term (January – April), summer (May – August), and fall (September – December).

  • Yes, you will need to submit a new application. The application process is consistent for all candidates, irrespective of their previous progress in the interview process.

  • Regardless of where a candidate may be in the selection process, we always encourage them to reapply if they don’t succeed. There could be various reasons why a candidate might not succeed, such as lacking a solid understanding of machine learning, their research area, or having an outdated understanding of a particular field. Nerves could also have played a role. We hope that by reapplying, the candidate will have developed a better understanding of their research area or gained additional successful work experience to help them pass the interview stage.

  • Students applying from outside of Canada are welcome to take part in the ML research internship program. The start date for the internship will depend on when the work permit is approved. International students will complete a six-month internship term. It’s important for students to be flexible with their start date.

    Students must be enrolled in a Canadian university co-op program to participate in the engineering co-op program.

  • Yes, you will need to include a resume with your application. We will not be able to consider your application without one.

  • No, a cover is not required. However, you will be required to include a resume with your application.

Internship Duration

  • 4 months

Inclusion & Equal Opportunity

  • Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment At RBC, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work. We are taking actions to tackle issues of inequity and systemic bias to support our diverse talent, clients and communities.

    We also strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for our prospective employees with different abilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.

Applications opening soon!

Applications for the Winter 2025 Internship cycle will be opening shortly, and announced on Borealis AI’s social media platforms.

If you are looking to expand your experience and enhance your university education by working on real-life business challenges, with a fantastic team of people who will deeply care about your success and progress, we encourage you to monitor our page and apply for the next Summer cycle. For any questions or enquiries, please contact: mi.research@borealisai.com.