About the role#
As an Agentic AI Developer Co-op, you will join the Office of the Chief AI Officer to build, test, and deploy autonomous AI systems. You will work alongside senior engineers and data scientists to automate complex business workflows. This role focuses on developing production-ready agents that prioritize safety, reliability, and governance within a regulated healthcare environment.
What you'll do#
- Develop AI agents using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, or AutoGen.
- Implement tool-calling architectures and function-calling interfaces to connect agents with enterprise APIs and databases.
- Build retrieval augmented generation (RAG) pipelines using vector databases to ground agent responses.
- Conduct AI red teaming exercises, including adversarial prompt injection testing and jailbreak resistance evaluations.
- Create runtime guardrails, content filters, and human-in-the-loop approval gates.
- Benchmark frontier foundation models for accuracy, latency, and cost.
- Develop observability and tracing infrastructure for agent execution.
- Prototype agentic solutions on cloud platforms using containerized deployments and CI/CD pipelines.
- Assist with AI governance, including model onboarding documentation and risk assessments.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in a Bachelor's or Graduate degree program in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or Information Systems.
- At least one month of experience with Python for software development, automation, or machine learning.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure and services such as Bedrock or SageMaker.
- Experience with containerization tools like Docker, version control (Git), and collaborative development.
- Coursework or project experience in distributed systems, cybersecurity, multi-agent systems, or reinforcement learning.
- Interest in large language models, prompt engineering, agentic AI concepts, and AI safety.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently under general supervision.
Location & details#
- Locations: Burlington, NC or Durham, NC.
- Work Modality: Hybrid.
- Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday.
- Terms: Spring 2027, with an option for a back-to-back Summer 2027 term.
- Compensation: This is a paid position.
- Note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
About Labcorp
Labcorp provides laboratory services for diagnostics and drug development. The company supports pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, and researchers with clinical testing. It is based in Burlington, North Carolina. The organization operates as a public company with over 10,000 employees.
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