AI Engineer Intern: Build Agents & Automation (12 Weeks)

Roku, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health and financial wellness

Healthcare and retirement options

Paid time off

Job summary

Roku, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Intern to help build AI-powered agents powering America’s #1 TV streaming platform. The 12-week paid program runs June to September 2027, with mentorship and hands-on ownership from day one.

You’ll work on real problems, learn across languages and tools, and contribute to production-grade AI systems with an emphasis on safe, scalable automation and testing.

Qualifications

• Pursuing degree in AI/CS/Engineering
• Proficiency in Python with projects/open source
• Hands-on experience building AI agents or agentic systems

Responsibilities

• Own a well-defined project contributing to team success
• Build and test AI agents, copilots and automated workflows
• Connect agents to trusted data and internal tools using retrieval, tool calling and orchestration
• Evaluate work for reliability and improve based on feedback
• Use AI coding tools daily and ensure code quality via testing and reviews
• Write clean, well-tested code and participate in code reviews

Skills

Python

AI agents

Agentic patterns

CS fundamentals

Problem-solving

Technical communication

Automation

Education

Pursuing degree in AI/CS/Engineering

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

MCP servers

Custom skills

Agent frameworks

Job description

Roku, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Intern to help build AI-powered agents powering America’s #1 TV streaming platform. The 12-week paid program runs June to September 2027, with mentorship and hands-on ownership from day one.

You’ll work on real problems, learn across languages and tools, and contribute to production-grade AI systems with an emphasis on safe, scalable automation and testing.