Paid AI Engineer Internship - Mentored & Real Projects

TrendMicro; Cork; On-site; EUR 16,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

TrendAI, the AI native unit of Trend Micro, invites applications for a paid 8-month internship in Cork. You will join the Applied AI Engineering team to write code, run experiments, and ship features that matter.

You will work under experienced engineers and a dedicated mentor, with a clear project to own and a pathway to potentially join as a full-time graduate. The role emphasizes hands-on AI development, collaboration with product managers and engineers, and opportunities to travel to other

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related STEM discipline — and eligible to undertake a work placement as part of your course.
• Foundational Python skills and genuine enthusiasm for writing clean, well-structured code.
• Some exposure to machine learning or AI concepts — coursework, personal projects, Kaggle, or online learning.
• Curiosity about large language models and frontier AI.
• Any hands‑on experimentation — even small personal projects or API experiments — is a meaningful plus.
• Basic CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and an understanding of how software systems fit together.

Responsibilities

• Agentic AI & LLM integration — Build features using LLM APIs (Azure OpenAI, Anthropic). Experiment with prompt engineering, RAG patterns, tool-calling, and agentic workflows using LangChain and LangGraph.
• AI application development — Contribute to live internal applications: building backend APIs, integrating AI components, handling data, and shipping features end-to-end under senior guidance.
• Data & retrieval — Work with vector databases and embedding pipelines that power intelligent search and retrieval in our products.
• Tool & service integration — Help connect AI agents to internal systems, APIs, and data sources. Understand how agents interact with the world around them.
• MLOps & pipelines — Learn how production AI systems are maintained — monitoring, versioning, CI/CD, and what it means to keep something running reliably.
• Research & experimentation — Stay current with the field. Contribute to internal proof-of-concept work and share findings with the team.
• Collaboration — Work with engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders. Communicate results clearly and ask good questions.

Skills

Python

ML concepts

English communication

React/TypeScript (bonus)

API usage

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/AI/DS/SE

Tools

PostgreSQL

pgvector

pandas

NumPy

FastAPI

Docker

GitHub Actions

Job description

TrendAI, the AI native unit of Trend Micro, invites applications for a paid 8-month internship in Cork. You will join the Applied AI Engineering team to write code, run experiments, and ship features that matter.

You will work under experienced engineers and a dedicated mentor, with a clear project to own and a pathway to potentially join as a full-time graduate. The role emphasizes hands-on AI development, collaboration with product managers and engineers, and opportunities to travel to other