We are recruiting a PhD student for a project in the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh.

The project will focus on the area of interfacing AI with programming, and improving coding with agents and other AI tools and modeling.

This project is being conducted in collaboration with JetBrains researchers, and will include a joint supervision by Informatics (Shay Cohen) and JetBrains (Marco Damonte). It will also include an internship at JetBrains. There will be a focus on releasing work produced in the project to the open source community and engaging with the AI4code community.

The position is open to overseas applicants, and an advantage is to have strong experience in coding and applying AI for coding. The applicant is expected to have a computer science background, having basic knowledge and familiarity with concepts from the area that are not just focused on artificial intelligence. Funding is available for four years.

For informal enquiries, contact scohen AT inf.ed.ac.uk (such as more information or questions about scope of your research proposal). When you apply, please let us know at that email address.

To apply, see https://edin.ac/4ttUkjc. Deadline is 10/5/2026 for full consideration. When applying, please mention that you are interested in working with Shay Cohen as supervisor under the JetBrains collaboration.

For more information about the School of Informatics, see https://edin.ac/42EI5Vb. For more information about JetBrains, see https://edin.ac/3QCKf55.