--- title: 'Research Intern at Ritual' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/research-intern-ritual-remote-7cmnd1hagy5d' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-10' --- # Research Intern at Ritual - **Company:** Ritual - **Location:** Remote - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2024-04-24 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ritual/jobs/4358496007 ## Job description ## About Ritual Ritual is building a sovereign, execution layer for AI, with our private testnet already live and running. The Ritual chain is the first blockchain custom-built to support AI-native operations, designed from the ground up to enable a new class of applications at the intersection of crypto and AI. Our first product, Infernet, is pioneering new ground as the first solution to enable developers to access AI models both on-chain via smart contracts and off-chain, demonstrating our commitment to bridging these transformative technologies. ## About the role - Prototype new mechanisms, then work to productionize your research - Work at the frontier of modern cryptographic schemes and open-source AI - Collaborate closely with our engineering and product team to ensure your research has real-world impact - Release your work into the open-source world and build alongside the Ritual community ## About you - Intellectually curious about the latest advancements in machine learning, cryptography, and how they intersect - Desire to see your research go beyond academic papers and have a tangible impact - Experience with taking research projects or experiments from ideation to prototype code, or implementation either on your own or coordinating with engineering teams - Quick iteration and development cycles on writing and/or proof-of-concept Extras - Bonus points if you have existing research or writing in conferences or journals - Have some level of comfort with algebraic structures, distributed systems, mechanism design, or statistical modeling ## Why join us - Join a passionate group of engineers, researchers, and operators on a mission to build the next generation of AI infrastructure hardened by cryptographic schemes - We work completely in open-source and ship weekly - Maximize your knowledge gradient around fields that typically would not intersect We’re open to exceptional people of all backgrounds for research (e.g. high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees). ## About Ritual ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Ritual is a social ordering app and online ordering platform that connects local restaurants with customers, offices, and building tenants, enabling convenient order‑ahead and pickup. - **Entity Type**: Private (funded – Seed, Series B, Series C, and later rounds; total funding $137.3M) - **Headquarters**: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (with additional offices in the United States) - **Founded**: 2014 - **Founders**: Ray Reddy (CEO & Co‑founder) – additional co‑founders are not publicly named in the available sources. ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Food technology / Consumer services (online ordering, restaurant technology, employee meal perks) - **Target customers**: B2B (companies offering meal perks to employees, building management) and B2C (individuals ordering takeout). Secondary customers are restaurants (especially independents) wanting a low‑commission ordering channel. - **Mission / purpose**: “We’re for restaurants and the people who love them” – helping local businesses thrive online by providing affordable technology and fostering community around food. ## Products & Services - **Ritual App (Consumer)**: A mobile app that lets users order ahead from nearby restaurants, skip the line, and pay. Includes a unique “social ordering” feature where co‑workers can add orders to a single pickup. - **Ritual for Restaurants**: An online ordering system that gives independent restaurants a digital presence with lower commissions than major delivery platforms. - **Ritual for Offices & Buildings**: Meal program and tenant rewards that make it easy for companies to offer daily lunch credits, connecting office workers with local eateries. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of **$30M** (latest available); total funding **$137.3M** across 5 rounds. - **Notable Investors**: Insight Partners (led Series B), Mantella Venture Partners, Mistral Venture Partners (seed), and others. - **Growth Signals**: Small team of ~15 employees (down ~26% YoY, indicating a lean operation); acquired AllChecked.in in 2021; presence in North America and Australia; continues to serve both consumers and enterprise meal‑perk programs. ## Competitive Advantages - **Restaurant‑first model**: Lower commission structure compared to incumbents like DoorDash, making it more attractive for independent restaurants. - **Social ordering moat**: The ability for co‑workers to piggyback on one order creates a network effect within offices and buildings. - **Hybrid‑work alignment**: Office meal credits and building partnerships directly address the “return‑to‑office” trend. ## Strategic Focus - Deepening relationships with office buildings and enterprise clients to drive recurring meal‑perk revenue. - Continuing to offer affordable technology to independent restaurants to help them compete digitally. - Maintaining a lean, low‑burn approach while refining its product for a post‑pandemic hybrid work environment. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values include Ownership, Impact, Open‑mindedness, and Good Judgement. The team is small (15 people) so every hire has outsized impact. - **Work policy**: Hybrid model – weekly credits are provided when in the Toronto office, and daily credits are available on office days. - **Perks**: Ritual Credits for meals; emphasis on work‑life balance (rating 3.6/5) and culture (3.9/5) on LinkedIn. - **Engineering culture**: Data‑driven decision making, modern tech stack (Kubernetes, Python, Google Cloud, Snowflake, React, etc.). Previous employees have gone on to top tech companies (Shopify, Amazon, Google, Wealthsimple). - **Career growth**: Employees rate career opportunities at 3.6/5; leadership is hands‑on due to team size. ## Sources 1. [ritual.co](https://ritual.co/) 2. [ritual.co/careers](https://ritual.co/careers) 3. [ritual.co/about](https://ritual.co/about) 4. 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