Intern - AI Center of Excellence

The Nassau Companies of New York; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Nassau Financial Group in Hartford, CT offers a 10-week AI Center of Excellence internship for 2027. The role supports enterprise AI tool adoption, case research, and prototype development under supervision.

You'll collaborate with the CoE Lead, business teams, technology, information security, privacy, risk, and compliance to map workflows, document findings, and test use cases against criteria.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in computer science, information systems, data science, business analytics, finance, insurance, or a related field; equivalent relevant projects or experience are welcome.

Responsibilities

• Everyday AI enablement: Develop practical example and training materials for approved enterprise ChatGPT and Claude capabilities.
• Gather user feedback and summarize adoption barriers and recurring support questions.
• Use case discovery: Interview process owners and map selected annuity, investment operations, finance, and IT workflows.
• Agent pilot preparation: Help distinguish tasks suited to drafting, search, workflow automation, and agentic AI.
• Prototype and evaluation: Create representative test cases; measure quality, time saved, and reviewer understandability.
• Risk and documentation: Document privacy and security considerations, source traceability, human review points.
• Explain processes clearly and document findings for technical and nontechnical colleagues.

Skills

Python

SQL

APIs

Low-code automation

AWS

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS/Data Science/Business Analytics/Finance/Insurance

Tools

Python

SQL

APIs

Low-code automation

AWS

Job description

Application Deadline: October 31, 2026 "Nassau’s 10-week, 2027 summer internship program" in our Hartford, CT office prepares college students for careers on the cutting edge of insurance and asset management.The AI Center of Excellence (CoE) Intern will help employees use approved enterprise AI tools effectively and support the organization’s early exploration of agentic AI. Working with the AI CoE Lead, business teams, technology, information security, privacy, risk, and compliance, the intern will research use cases, document workflows, build limited prototypes in approved environments, and test results against agreed criteria. This is a supervised learning role with meaningful project ownership. Business and control owners retain responsibility for approvals, production changes, and decisions that affect customers, investments, or financial records.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Everyday AI enablement: Develop practical example and training materials for approved enterprise ChatGPT and Claude capabilities.

Gather user feedback and summarize adoption barriers and recurring support questions.

Use case discovery: Interview process owners and map selected annuity, investment operations, finance, and IT workflows. Record the current steps, data involved, handoffs, decision points, potential benefits, and human approvals.

Agent pilot preparation: Help distinguish tasks suited to drafting, search, workflow automation, and agentic AI. Assist in writing pilot requirements, tool permissions, escalation rules, and acceptance criteria for approved use cases.

Prototype and evaluation: With supervision, create representative test cases; measure quality, failure modes, time saved, and whether reviewers can understand and correct outputs.

Risk and documentation: Document privacy and security considerations, source traceability, human review points, and known limitations. Maintain a use case inventory, test evidence, decision log, and concise readouts for the CoE Knowledge, Skills and Abilities.

Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in computer science, information systems, data science, business analytics, finance, insurance, or a related field; equivalent relevant projects or experience are welcome.

Able to explain a process clearly, ask useful questions, and document findings for technical and nontechnical colleagues.

Familiarity through coursework or projects with generative AI, data analysis, software development, business process improvement, or automation.

Comfortable learning unfamiliar tools and testing claims against evidence rather than assuming an AI output is correct.

Able to handle confidential information responsibly and follow access, data handling, and review procedures.

Experience with Python, SQL, APIs, low code automation, or cloud services such as AWS.

Experience comparing AI outputs with reference answers, creating test cases, or assessing errors and edge cases.

Interest in annuities, investment operations, asset management, finance, and regulated business processes.

Experience designing short demonstrations or training content for end users.

Compensation

The base pay for this role is: $23/hr.

Based in Hartford, Connecticut, Nassau Financial Group is a growth focused and digitally enabled financial services company with a fully integrated platform across insurance and asset management. Nassau was founded in 2015 and has grown to $1.6 billion in total adjusted capital, $24.8 billion in assets under management, and 350,000+ policies and contracts as of June 30, 2026. As part of a young and growing financial services enterprise, our employees are tapping into a new entrepreneurial spirit while they build on a long track record of putting customers first, understanding the evolving income and protection needs, and developing quality products to meet those needs. Nassau provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Our people are our most valuable assets. We create opportunities for rewarding careers and continuous learning. Core to our founding principles, we embrace an entrepreneurial mindset and encourage diverse thinking. Join our organization and experience a culture that fosters innovation, extreme ownership, and collaboration to drive results.