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Our proprietary AI technology maintains a current and comprehensive catalogue of millions of products, enabling our customers to identify products that best meet their needs-instantly. Trusted by top designers, builders, distributors, manufacturers, and sales agents, and backed by leading venture investors, Parspec is paving the way for a more innovative, connected, and sustainable future in construction.\nJoin us in building transformative technology that reshapes one of the world’s oldest and largest industries.\nThe Opportunity\nWe’re seeking an Applied AI Engineer Intern to join Parspec. This role is part of the AI team and works closely with Product and Engineering on fast-moving, real-world applications of AI.\nAs an intern, you’ll apply modern AI and machine learning techniques to concrete product problems, such as understanding product specifications, improving product recommendations, and exploring early agentic AI workflows, while learning how AI systems are designed, built, evaluated, and shipped in the real world.\nThis is an ideal role for a student who wants hands-on experience applying AI to complex, messy industry data and customer-facing product workflows.\nWhat You Will Achieve and Key Responsibilities\nContribute to AI-driven initiatives, from problem framing through experimentation and implementation\n\nBuild, prototype, evaluate, and iterate on models and AI-powered workflows used in customer-facing product features\n\nPartner with Senior Applied AI Engineers and Product Managers to translate real customer problems into clear technical approaches and tradeoffs\n\nAnalyze structured and unstructured data (e.g., product specifications, documents, metadata) to improve model performance\n\nDocument assumptions, results, and learnings to support cross-functional alignment and decision-making\n\nWhy This Matters\nConstruction remains one of the world’s largest and least digitized industries. Construction teams rely on manual workflows to interpret product specifications, identify suitable materials, compare options, and make procurement decisions. Parspec applies AI to power workflows that help stakeholders evaluate products, surface better options, and act with confidence. As an Applied AI Engineer Intern, your work will directly support these capabilities and the decisions they enable.\nWho You Are\nYou’re excited about applying AI to real-world problems that don’t come neatly packaged. You enjoy breaking down complex systems, working with imperfect data, and experimenting to find practical solutions. You’re curious, technically grounded, and comfortable collaborating with Product and Engineering partners to balance model performance, system constraints, and customer impact.\nQualifications\nCurrently enrolled in a US-based, degree-seeking program (Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD) in Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields\n\nStrong familiarity with core ML/AI concepts and tooling, such as model training(LoRA/QLoRA) and evaluation, embeddings, RAG systems, agentic frameworks like LangGraph, CrewAI or related techniques.\n\nStrong familiarity with ranking and recommendations techniques.\n\nHands-on experience applying AI or machine learning to real-world projects, including working with imperfect data, making tradeoffs, and iterating based on results\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\n\nAbility to work effectively in ambiguous problem spaces with guidance and mentorship\n\nClear written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExposure to B2B SaaS products, especially workflow-heavy or operations-focused software\n\nInterest in or exposure to construction industry workflows, including materials procurement\n\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive stipend for the duration of the internship\n\nHands-on ownership of meaningful product work that directly impacts customers\n\nMentorship from experienced Product, Design, and Engineering leaders\n\nFlexible hybrid work environment to support both in-office collaboration and focused remote work\n\nExposure to a fast-growing AI-powered B2B SaaS company and real-world product decision-making\n\nOpportunities for learning and professional development through regular feedback and collaboration\n\nJoin Us and Lead the Transformation!\nAt Parspec, we recognize that traditional job descriptions don’t always capture the full range of your unique abilities-and that’s perfectly okay. 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