Emerging Tech Lab Intern: Build Demos & Docs

Inter-American Development Bank; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The IDB Group seeks an active undergraduate student for the Winter Internship Program in Washington, DC, to learn about development work and laboratory management. This paid internship runs January 16th to March 15th, 2027, based at HQ, with on-the-job learning and exposure to multiple technologies.

Eligible candidates are undergraduates in CS/DS/SE with English fluency and some knowledge of another Bank language.

Qualifications

• Active undergraduate student in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• Graduation date should be after the Internship period.
• Citizen of an IDB member country.
• Fluency in English; working knowledge of one other Bank language (Spanish, French, or Portuguese) is a plus.
• Strong collaboration, communication and client-oriented mindset.
• Proficiency in programming and basic software development tooling (GitHub/GitLab).
• Experience with debugging, data structures and algorithms, and basic math/statistics.

Responsibilities

• Integrate and connect different laboratory tools and systems.
• Develop clear documentation and tutorials for laboratory projects.
• Build demonstrations showing how multiple technologies work together.
• Develop benchmarking frameworks to evaluate and compare approaches.
• Create educational materials to communicate the laboratory’s projects and results.

Skills

Programming

Git

Problem solving

Debugging

DS & Algorithms

Math & Stats

Education

Undergraduate student

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Job description

The IDB Group seeks an active undergraduate student for the Winter Internship Program in Washington, DC, to learn about development work and laboratory management. This paid internship runs January 16th to March 15th, 2027, based at HQ, with on-the-job learning and exposure to multiple technologies.

Eligible candidates are undergraduates in CS/DS/SE with English fluency and some knowledge of another Bank language.