Intern, Machine Learning Engineering

The Role

ITHAKA’s Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning team (AI/ML) is looking for a skilled and driven student with a background in applied machine learning and data science to intern with our team. The ideal candidate will have experience with machine learning projects either through course-work/ projects, personal projects, and/or industry experience and have a good understanding of AI and machine learning concepts and techniques. This role involves researching and implementing machine learning solutions for real-world applications.

This is a full-time internship, the intern is expected to work 40 hours per week. The internship spans a period of 12 weeks, beginning on June 1, 2026.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy machine learning solutions addressing real-world use cases.
• Perform data analysis to ensure quality, identify insights, and inform model development.
• Develop and implement robust evaluation frameworks, including creating ground truth datasets, to assess model performance and reliability.
• Fine-tune models to enhance performance and scalability.
• Document and share your research findings with the team.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of machine learning engineers, software engineers, product managers, and user researchers as needed.

Experience and Skills

• Actively enrolled and pursuing a Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field.
• Understanding of machine learning concepts, including understanding of machine learning algorithms, feature engineering techniques, training/evaluation/serving pipelines, etc.
• Coursework or real-world experience with machine learning frameworks and libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
• Experience working on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and/or Computer Vision use cases.
• Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI techniques.
• Intermediate programming skills in Python and proficiency in SQL for data manipulation.

Work Authorization and Sponsorship 

ITHAKA is not currently considering candidates who require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States.

Compensation and Benefits

At ITHAKA we believe in openness and equity. Part of living those values is our commitment to clarity about salary ranges, so candidates know what to expect. The starting salary for this position ranges from $25/hourly.