Alation Data & AI Intern
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About this role
We’re looking for an AI and Data Engineer intern (three month contract) who’s eager to make a real impact in the world of AI and help multiple teams at Alation use AI to realize higher productivity and efficiency. You’ll be part of a small team that will design and build AI agentic applications powered by Alation’s data, in short iterations and make them available to multiple departments within the company.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys coding, working with LLMs from OpenAI and Anthropic, and learning how to turn ideas into real-world systems. You’ll get hands-on experience with modern AI frameworks while developing your skills in data, software engineering, and customer collaboration.
One more thing… We work in a hybrid model—you’ll join us in our Redwood City office to collaborate, connect, and enjoy a team atmosphere!
What You’ll Do:
- Build purposeful AI Agents: Work with modern LLM and agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, Pydantic-AI) to evaluate, benchmark, and refine performance.
- Build AI-powered applications: Develop agentic systems that combine structured data, language models, and workflow to solve real-world problems.
- Understand and work with the internal data warehouse as well as other business applications such as Salesforce.
- Code with care: Write clean, well-structured Python code for integrations, pipelines, and intelligent systems.
Required:
- Currently pursuing or recently completed B.S. in Computer Science or related field (M.S. in Computer Science or related field preferred)
- Curiosity and an understanding of LLMs or AI system development — from prompting to evaluation.
- Comfort working with SQL and relational data; familiarity with tools like Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift is a plus.
- Understanding of data pipelines and ETL using dbt, FiveTran or custom Python code.
- Interest in working across the full lifecycle — from problem framing and prototyping to testing and deployment.
- Clear communication skills and an ability to collaborate with both engineers and non-technical teams.
- A growth mindset — you like learning new frameworks, exploring ideas, and solving open-ended problems.