About the role#
This is a 10-week Summer Internship Program for graduate students. You will join the Enterprise Technology Services organization to work on real-world technology projects. You will learn how intelligent systems are built, validated, integrated, and governed in a large enterprise environment. You will work within Agile teams to explore, build, and test AI-enabled solutions.
What you'll do#
- Support the development and integration of AI/ML models, LLM integrations, or intelligent services into controlled or production-like systems.
- Assist with data collection, preprocessing, transformation, and management to enable model training, testing, and evaluation.
- Contribute to testing, debugging, and improving AI-enabled solutions to strengthen performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, data, risk, and security partners to implement AI-driven solutions.
- Document model parameters, prompts, evaluation assumptions, data pipelines, and technical decisions to support reproducibility.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in a full-time graduate master's degree program.
- Knowledge of Python and foundational data processing technologies.
- Understanding of machine learning concepts such as model training, evaluation, feature engineering, and experimentation.
- Experience using modern AI systems such as LLM APIs, prompt-based interactions, or generative AI applications.
- Strong communication, collaboration, documentation, and learning agility.
Location & details#
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona.
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Modality: Hybrid.
- Employment status: Full-time.
- Compensation: This is a paid internship.
- Note: Sponsorship for work authorization is not provided.
About American Express
American Express is a global financial services company based in New York. Founded in 1850, it provides payment solutions, corporate cards, and network services to individuals and businesses. The company operates as a public organization with over 10,000 employees. It focuses on facilitating commerce and providing financial products to its customers.
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