Applied Sciences Intern

About Unbox Commerce

Unbox Commerce is building the operating system for social commerce. We help the world's most brand-sensitive companies scale creator-led commerce on platforms like TikTok Shop. Our platform turns social video into brand-specific intelligence, enabling faster, more confident decisions around which creators to work with, what content to scale, and where to allocate spend.

We sit at the intersection of technology, data, and commerce in one of the fastest-growing channels in retail. Social commerce is on track to become a top-3 global retail channel - and Unbox is building the infrastructure to power it.

We're a tight-knit, ambitious team based in London, working with some of the world's largest brands and agencies. This is an early-stage company, which means real ownership, real impact, and a front-row seat to how a startup scales.

The Opportunity

We're looking for an Applied Science Intern to spend the summer working directly with our AI team on core product functionality.

• Timeline: July - September 2026 (minimum 8 weeks, full-time)
• Location: London (Goswell Road, EC1) with flexibility
• Compensation: Paid (competitive)

What You'll Work On

Depending on your background and interests, your project(s) could span:

• Building systems that extract insights from multimodal content (video, audio, text, and image).
• Uncovering what drives content performance, which creator, audience, and content characteristics matter most.
• Detecting brand-safety, compliance, and infringement risks across creator content with moderation systems you'll help design and evaluate.
• Benchmarking AI systems, and human decision-makers against each other on real business tasks, and building the evaluation frameworks, to measure quality, reliability, and efficiency
• Shipping research findings into production features alongside our product and engineering teams.

Who We're Looking For

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor or Master in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Strong programming skills, particularly in Python.
• Using LLMs to accelerate experimentation and development
• Comfortable working with data, experimentation, and analytical problem-solving.
• Curious about how intelligent systems can be used to improve real-world business decisions.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with ambiguous problems and evolving requirements.
• Genuine interest in technology, social commerce, or the creator economy
• Entrepreneurial instinct, you spot what needs doing and get on with it

Why Unbox?

• Work directly with the founders and leadership team on high-priority commercial challenges
• Real ownership, your work will ship, not sit in a slide deck
• Experience the pace and culture of a fast-growing, venture-backed startup
• Exposure to a network of major enterprise clients and operators in the social commerce space
• London-based with a collaborative, low-ego team culture

How to Apply

Submit your CV and a short note on what you'd want to work on via this Notion Form (https://unbox-social.notion.site/bacaae21e08b82e593c881e92d831b31).

We review applications on a rolling basis: If you're the right fit, expect to hear from us fast.

Unbox Commerce is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.