AI/ML Engineer Internship

Socotra Tech Services LLC; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 12,000 - 16,000; Full time

Job summary

Socotra Tech Services LLC seeks a motivated AI/ML Engineer Intern to join the Fund Dharma product team. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer to gain hands-on experience on real-world LLM applications, agentic systems, and AI-driven automation. Employment Type: Internship.

Hours: 10 hours per week (part-time). Work Sponsorship: This position does not offer visa sponsorship. Education: Minimum Bachelor’s degree in CS, Data Science, AI/ML, SE, or related field.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or holding a Bachelor’s degree in CS, Data Science, AI/ML, SE, or related field.
• Foundational knowledge of ML concepts and LLMs.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, Git/GitHub, and basic cloud concepts.
• Strong problem-solving, drive to learn, and ability to work independently.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in writing, fine-tuning, and prompt-engineering LLMs for Fund Dharma.
• Support development of internal AI agents to automate workflows.
• Refactor Node.js and React code using AI-driven code generation.
• Build proof-of-concept tools to evaluate new AI/ML approaches.
• Document experiments, model performance, and engineering decisions.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams in reviews.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Independent work

Learning mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Data Science/AI-ML/SE or related

Tools

REST APIs

Git / GitHub

Cloud concepts (AWS)

Job description

Socotra Tech Services is seeking a motivated AI/ML Engineer Intern to join our Fund Dharma product team. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer to gain hands‑on experience working on real‑world LLM applications, agentic systems, and AI‑driven automation. You will collaborate with senior engineers to build, prototype, and deploy AI solutions that directly impact our product and operations.

Employment Type:Internship

Hours:10 hours per week (part‑time)

Work Sponsorship:This position does not offer visa sponsorship

Education Requirement:Minimum Bachelor’s degree (in progress or completed) in Computer Science, Data Science, AI/ML, Software Engineering, or a related field

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in writing, fine‑tuning, and prompt‑engineering Large Language Models (LLMs) for use within the Fund Dharma product.
• Support the development of internal AI agents that automate administrative and operational workflows.
• Help refactor and reduce portions of the existing Node.js and React codebase by leveraging LLM‑driven code generation and optimization.
• Build proof‑of‑concept tools and prototypes for evaluating new AI/ML approaches.
• Conduct testing, evaluation, and benchmarking of AI models and agent behaviors.
• Document experiments, model performance, and engineering decisions clearly.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams in code reviews and design discussions.

Required Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or having completed a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI/ML, Software Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Foundational knowledge of machine learning concepts and Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Understanding of REST APIs, version control (Git/GitHub), and basic cloud concepts.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, eagerness to learn, and ability to work independently on assigned tasks.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience with LLM frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or the OpenAI/Anthropic APIs.
• Exposure to vector databases, RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation) pipelines, or embedding models.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering best practices.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Personal or academic projects involving AI agents, chatbots, or automation.

What You’ll Gain

• Real‑world experience building production‑grade LLM and agentic AI systems.
• Mentorship from experienced engineers working on Fund Dharma.
• Exposure to the full software development lifecycle in a fintech product environment.
• Opportunity to contribute to meaningful automation initiatives that shape internal tooling.

Socotra Tech Services LLC is an equal opportunity employer.