# Research Engineer Intern at hillclimb

- Company: hillclimb (YC F25)
- What the company does: Training Data for Recursive Self-Improvement. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://hillclimb.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Internship
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-06-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hillclimb/jobs/bJrjQdO-research-engineer-intern
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/hillclimb-research-engineer-intern/

## About the role

Hillclimb is looking for a research engineer to join the team to assist with the following objectives:

## What they're looking for

- Strong understanding of foundational NLP & RL Techniques
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and system design
- Proficiency in modern programming languages (Python, C++, or similar) on Linux systems, with experience building large-scale services, infrastructure tooling, or distributed systems
- Ability to reason about trade-offs between performance, reliability, and maintainability
- General SWE experiences and experience with LLM training is a bonus

Tags: Engineering