AI software Engineer Project Intern (Transaction Platform) - 2026 Start (BS/MS) San Jose Projec[...]

Ellis Technologies, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 61,992 - 82,656; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Paid sick time

Housing allowance (if applicable)

Job summary

Ellis Technologies, Inc. is seeking an AI Software Engineer Project Intern starting in 2026 in San Jose. Responsibilities include contributing to AI infrastructure development, optimizing tools, and collaborating across teams.

The ideal candidate will be pursuing a degree in Computer Science and have solid programming skills. Interns will receive health insurance, paid holidays, and may be eligible for a housing allowance. Hourly pay ranges from $45 to $60.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience with knowledge base systems and document processing pipelines.
• Ability to work on platform problems with attention to maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to AI infrastructure and platform development.
• Build and improve knowledge base capabilities.
• Collaborate with engineers across various domains.

Skills

Programming skills

Hands-on experience with AI systems

Familiarity with Java and/or React

Strong problem-solving skills

Clear communication

Education

Currently pursuing Undergraduate/Master in Computer Science

Tools

GitLab

CI/CD systems

Project management platforms

Job description

AI software Engineer Project Intern (Transaction Platform) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Location: San Jose

Employment Type: Intern

Job Code: A201621A

Responsibilities

• Contribute to AI infrastructure and platform development that supports internal engineering use cases at scale.
• Build and improve knowledge base capabilities, including document ingestion, indexing, retrieval, and RAG-style pipelines.
• Develop and refine AI skills, including modular agent capabilities and reusable tool integrations.
• Help optimize the experience of the unified AI coding platform for engineering users.
• Support public infrastructure work related to AI-native developer tooling, platform workflows, and internal integration patterns.
• Collaborate with engineers across backend, frontend, and platform domains to prototype, test, and iterate on developer-facing AI systems.
• Assist with evaluating system quality, reliability, and usability of AI platform components.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing Undergraduate/Master in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Solid programming skills and software engineering fundamentals.
• Hands‑on experience with one or more areas related to AI systems, such as information retrieval, LLM applications, agents, RAG pipelines, or developer tools.
• Familiarity with backend and/or frontend development in modern engineering environments.
• Ability to work on infrastructure or platform problems with attention to reliability, maintainability, and developer experience.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and clear written/verbal communication.
• Experience with knowledge base systems, document processing pipelines, search, or retrieval infrastructure.
• Experience building internal tools, developer platforms, or productivity tooling.
• Familiarity with Java and/or React.
• Familiarity with engineering workflows and tools such as GitLab, CI/CD systems, or project management platforms such as Meego.
• Experience with evaluation, debugging, or operational improvement of AI‑assisted workflows.

Job Information

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $45-60.

Benefits

Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
3. Exercising sound judgment.