AI Engineering Intern

Join Bain & Company, a top-ranked consulting firm, as an AI Engineering Intern. You will work with the AI, Insights & Solutions (AIS) team to design and develop AI-powered solutions that create measurable business impact. This internship offers hands-on exposure to the full AI development lifecycle, mentorship, and opportunities for growth. You will contribute to the design and development of generative AI applications, support the implementation of AI pipelines, and collaborate with product, engineering, and data science teammates.

Missions

• Contribuer à la conception et au développement d'applications d'IA générative, y compris l'automatisation des flux de travail et le soutien à la décision.
• Assister à la mise en œuvre de pipelines et de composants d'IA, y compris la génération augmentée par récupération (RAG) et le réglage fin.
• Participer à la construction de capacités d'agent, y compris l'ingénierie contextuelle, la gestion de la mémoire et de l'état, et l'orchestration.

Profil recherché

· 0-2+ years of professional AI / ML engineering experience, or equivalent through internships, research, academic projects, or open-source contributions

· Currently pursuing or recently completed a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in CS, ML, AI, Data Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field; or equivalent early-career experience

· Strong academic performance or demonstrated excellence through research, projects, internships, competitions, or open-source contributions

· Proficiency in Python and some experience building APIs or services (e.g., REST/gRPC), or comparable project-based experience

* Experience building complex, multi-stack generative AI programs from conception through production

* Exposure to retrieval and search systems (e.g., vector search, hybrid retrieval, reranking) and familiarity with structured and unstructured data stores

* Exposure to agentic patterns (context management, tool integration, orchestration, memory/state handling); hands-on experience preferred

* Strong engineering practices: testing, code review, version control, CI/CD, and performance profiling

* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; interest in applying AI to real-world business problems in a client-facing environment

**Working Model & Travel**

* This role requires a minimum of three days per week working together in person, either at a client location or at your Bain home office.

* Travel may be required beyond your home office / primary working location. Frequency and destination vary by project needs.