Intern, Research Science

Unity

📍 mountain view, ca, United-States

Full-time Software Development Posted June 09, 2026

Job Description

The opportunity
This summer, you'll join one of Unity's most consequential teams — Vector AI — as a Research Science Intern. This organization drives how ads are delivered, measured, and optimized across Unity's advertising platform.

You'll work alongside engineers, scientists, and product managers on high-impact problems at the intersection of machine learning, optimization, and causal inference — in large-scale, real-world systems where your research will have direct influence on campaign performance and advertiser outcomes.

What you'll be doing

  • Design and run experiments to improve ad performance, efficiency, and measurement quality.
  • Develop scalable models and algorithms targeting bidding strategy, auction dynamics, and user value estimation.
  • Partner with engineering to bring research ideas into production systems.
  • Analyze large datasets using advanced statistical and machine learning meth...