Research Engineer Intern Video Multimodal LLM

About Tether

At Tether, we're not just building products, we're pioneering a global financial revolution. Our cutting-edge solutions empower businesses—from exchanges and wallets to payment processors and ATMs—to seamlessly integrate reserve-backed tokens across blockchains. By harnessing the power of blockchain technology, Tether enables you to store, send, and receive digital tokens instantly, securely, and globally, all at a fraction of the cost. Transparency is the bedrock of everything we do, ensuring trust in every transaction.

Our innovative product suite features the world's most trusted stablecoin, USDT, relied upon by hundreds of millions worldwide, alongside pioneering digital asset tokenization services.

Our focus areas include:

• Tether Finance: Stablecoin and digital asset tokenization services
• Tether Power: Sustainable Bitcoin mining using eco-friendly practices
• Tether Data: AI and peer-to-peer technology solutions like KEET
• Tether Education: Democratizing digital learning access
• Tether Evolution: Pushing technological boundaries

About the Role

We are seeking talented individuals for an internship in 2025/2026. Our MSc/PhD Internships provide opportunities to contribute to our products, research, and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop state-of-the-art LLM and/or video or multimodality models
• Implement large model applications in business scenarios (pre-training, fine-tuning, inference)
• Optimize training framework for large models on multi-node GPU environments
• Collaborate with broader teams across Tether to advance open-source foundation models

Requirements

• MSc/PhD candidate in computer science or related technical discipline
• Research experience in at least one of: LLM, computer vision, multimodality
• Proficiency with PyTorch deep learning framework
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
• Publications in top AI conferences (e.g., ACL, NIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR) is a plus

Why Join Tether

Our team is a global talent powerhouse working remotely worldwide. If you're passionate about fintech and ready to collaborate with brilliant minds, Tether offers an opportunity to push boundaries and set new industry standards.

Important Candidate Information

• Apply only through official channels at https://tether.recruitee.com/
• Verify recruiter identity through LinkedIn
• Communication only via @tether.to or @tether.io emails
• Never pay or provide financial details during recruitment