AI Engineer Intern — Build Real-World AI Tools

7 Eleven; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

7-Eleven is offering a paid AI Engineer Internship for Summer 2027. You will join a multidisciplinary team crafting customer-facing AI products and the AI platform behind them, including an AI gateway and agent framework.

You’ll own a scoped project from prototype to demo, with mentoring, code reviews, and real-world impact. You will build LLM-powered features, develop evaluation harnesses, and contribute to observability tooling while learning from senior engineers and leadership.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's in CS, SE, DS, ML, Math or related field with a graduation window around the internship period.
• Proficiency in Python; working knowledge of at least one of JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js) or Java.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, REST APIs and Git workflows.
• Familiarity with LLM prompts, embeddings, RAG and tool calling from coursework or projects.
• Strong problem-solving, curiosity and quick learning in a fast-moving field.
• Clear written and verbal communication; comfortable with feedback.

Responsibilities

• Build and test LLM-powered features like tool/function calling and multi-step agent workflows in Python/Node.js.
• Develop evaluation harnesses with datasets, tests, scoring and trace review.
• Instrument AI services for observability: tracing, prompts, version tracking and performance metrics.
• Experiment with prompts, context design, and retrieval quality; compare models on accuracy and cost.
• Contribute small services, API integrations, SDK samples, or tooling to help teams adopt the AI gateway.
• Write clean, tested code and participate in reviews, sprints, and design discussions.
• Apply responsible-AI practices, including guardrails and safety testing.
• Present project results and recommendations to team and leadership.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Java

REST APIs

Git workflows

Data structures

Algorithms

LLM concepts

Prompting

Embeddings

RAG

Tool calling

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Software Engineering/Data Science/ML/Math

Tools

LangChain/LangGraph

OpenAI/Google Anthropic/Amazon Bedrock APIs

Vector databases (pgvector/OpenSearch/MongoDB Atlas)

SQL/NoSQL

Docker

AWS/GCP

OpenTelemetry

Job description

7-Eleven is offering a paid AI Engineer Internship for Summer 2027. You will join a multidisciplinary team crafting customer-facing AI products and the AI platform behind them, including an AI gateway and agent framework.

You’ll own a scoped project from prototype to demo, with mentoring, code reviews, and real-world impact. You will build LLM-powered features, develop evaluation harnesses, and contribute to observability tooling while learning from senior engineers and leadership.