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Staff Research Scientist, Intern - PhD Agentic AI
Visa
US - Austin, TXPosted Sep 17, 2026 · Yesterday$116k – $131k
Internship$116k – $131kInternHybridFintech
About this role
Visa is seeking a PhD intern to conduct research in Agentic AI, focusing on improving AI agent reliability, safety, and efficiency. This 12-week immersive program offers hands-on experience in a dynamic global environment, with opportunities to contribute to impactful projects and present findings to leadership.
What we are looking for
6- Conduct research on AI agent reliability, hallucinations, safety, security, and ethics
- Design techniques for AI agent efficiency, including model compression and optimization
- Develop and evaluate secure access control and guardrail systems for responsible AI
- Investigate multi-agent architectures for secure and efficient collaboration
- Build tools to benchmark agent safety, robustness, and performance
- Prototype and experiment to translate research ideas into practical AI capabilities
Skills mentioned
3PythonC++Java
