AI Software Engineering- Internship/Contract

Laitram LLC; Harahan (LA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 71,000; Part time

Job summary

Laitram LLC in Harahan, LA seeks an AI Software Engineering Associate for a four-month, hands-on contract. You will design, build, and deliver an end-to-end AI-powered software prototype from concept through implementation, spearheading a project from start to finish.

This role demands full-stack development experience, practical AI/LLM integration, and the ability to move quickly from idea to working solution while collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on full-stack web development experience (back end, API, front end).
• Experience integrating AI/LLM APIs into an application, including prompts and outputs.
• Ability to move quickly from concept to working solution and iterate based on feedback.
• Comfort working through ambiguity and breaking complex problems into milestones.
• Bias for execution: deliver a working end-to-end solution rather than a perfect but nonfunctional one.
• Strong written and verbal communication to explain concepts to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deliver a functional AI-powered software prototype.
• Build and integrate back end, APIs, and user interface for the application.
• Integrate AI/LLM capabilities into a practical application.
• Translate business challenges into clear technical/product requirements.
• Prioritize features and milestones to deliver end-to-end within the contract period.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to gather feedback.

Skills

Full-stack web development

API design & integration

AI/LLM integration

Rapid prototyping

Ambiguity tolerance

Execution focus

Technical communication

Job description

Thousands of people and businesses depend on a process that takes months. It should take days. You build the proof: a system that moves a request from submitted to decided in five business days.

Laitram is seeking an AI Software Engineering Associate for a four-month, hands-on contract position. In this role, you will design, build, and deliver a working AI-powered software prototype from concept through implementation. This is a hands-on software engineering project to spearhead a project from start to finish - not one small part of one. You will design, build, and ship a working AI-powered software prototype end-to-end. The specifics of the project will be scoped and assigned at the start of the contract.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deliver a functional AI-powered software prototype.
• Build and integrate the application’s back end, APIs, and user interface.
• Integrate AI and large language model (LLM) capabilities into a practical application.
• Translate a real-world business process or challenge into clear technical and product requirements.
• Prioritize features and make practical design decisions to deliver an end-to-end solution within the internship period.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to gather feedback and refine the solution.
• Document the application, key technical decisions, and recommendations for potential future development.
• Communicate progress, challenges, and results clearly to project stakeholders.

Requirements

• Demonstrated full-stack web development experience, including independently building a back end, an API, and a functional front end.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI or LLM APIs into an application, including prompt design, structured outputs, and working with document or image inputs.
• Ability to move quickly from concept to a functional solution and improve it through iteration and feedback.
• Comfort working through ambiguity and breaking a complex, real-world problem into achievable milestones.
• A bias for execution - prefers a rough thing working end-to-end over a perfect thing that only works in theory.
• Comfort with ambiguity and good product instincts - can take a messy real-world process and decide what to build first.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently while actively seeking input and collaborating with others.

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest in applying software and AI to improve processes and create efficiencies across business functions or industries.
• Experience with computer vision, document processing, or document-understanding technologies.
• Familiarity with workflow orchestration, state-machine patterns, or data visualization.
• Experience training, evaluating, or fine-tuning a model using a real-world dataset.