AI/ML Internship

Job Description

About the Company:

Threat Tec, LLC is a company established in 2012, headquartered in Hampton, Virginia, USA. It operates with a team of 501-1000 employees and is currently in a “Late Stage” of development. The company’s core mission revolves around building human-centered AI systems. Their primary objective with these systems is to enhance decision-making capabilities and solve complex problems, aligning with their passion for enabling and supporting the interests of the United States and its allies.

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About the Job: AI/ML Internship (Three-Month)

This is a verified, three-month internship opportunity for students, designed to provide hands-on experience across the entire software development lifecycle for AI/ML solutions. Interns will work closely with senior engineers, contributing to the development and deployment of cutting-edge AI/ML systems.

Key Responsibilities:

The internship encompasses a broad range of tasks within AI/ML and broader IT/software development, including:

• AI/ML Model Development & Implementation:
• Building robust data pipelines, covering preprocessing, feature engineering, and model training.
• Implementing both supervised and unsupervised learning models.
• Developing foundational Natural Language Processing (NLP) and computer vision solutions.
• Participating in model versioning, monitoring, deployment, and performance tuning.
• Integrating AI/ML services through API development and testing.
• Data Management & Automation:
• Writing data-processing scripts and automating workflows.
• Developing Python/SQL pipelines specifically for data preparation.
• Implementing rigorous data-quality checks and validation processes.
• Software Development & Operations:
• Contributing to web applications, database operations, and system maintenance.
• Participating in code reviews and applying best software development practices.
• Deploying projects on major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Assisting with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) testing and deployment workflows.
• IT & Platform Support:
• Configuring and customizing CRM/ERP platforms (e.g., HubSpot, Salesforce).
• Supporting broader IT initiatives, including system integrations, data migrations, and workflow automation.
• Contributing to data governance and security protocols.
• Collaboration & Documentation:
• Translating business requirements into actionable development tasks.
• Engaging in team meetings, project planning, and client presentations.
• Documenting processes, sharing knowledge, and presenting project outcomes.
• Attending AI/ML workshops and training sessions to further develop skills.

Required Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated knowledge through coursework or projects in machine learning, statistics, and data analysis.
• Strong proficiency in Python, with hands-on experience using libraries like Pandas and NumPy.
• Excellent analytical and debugging skills.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication abilities, particularly for technical documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently and learn quickly in a fast-paced work environment.
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI/ML and its practical business applications.
• A solid understanding of Git and general software development workflows.
• Specific requirement for experience in developing Python/SQL pipelines for data preparation, implementing data-quality checks, assisting with CI/CD testing, and contributing to data governance and security protocols.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with prominent machine learning libraries such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.
• Basic knowledge of SQL.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly).
• Prior exposure to cloud platforms and a keen eagerness to learn about MLOps (Machine Learning Operations).