# Research Scientist Intern at Trata

- Company: Trata (YC W25)
- What the company does: AI-powered research desk for hedge funds. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.trytrata.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Internship
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-05-12
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trata/jobs/2SPS2Ou-research-scientist-intern
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/trata-research-scientist-intern/

## About the role

Trata is hiring a Research Scientist Intern for the summer. If post-grad, contract work is also an option. We are creating very unique benchmarks and evaluations. You will design datasets and evaluation rubrics that directly influence how frontier models learn. You will have the opportunity to co-write a paper that is largely the first of its kind. Your output will feed directly into model training runs at scale.

## What they're looking for

- US citizen/visa only
- Internship Engineering role

Tags: Engineering