Entry-Level AI Engineer Jobs
AI engineers build products on top of existing models: retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt design, evaluation, and the APIs and interfaces that put a model in front of users.
Entry-level roles are the junior positions: new graduates, early-career engineers, and software engineers moving into AI. Most ask for strong programming and a project or two that shows you’ve built with models, more than years of experience.
NVIDIA, Cresta and Scale AI have the most open roles here right now. Of these, 6% can be done remotely. The skills these postings ask for most are Python, AI Agents, LLM and RAG.
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Latest entry-level AI Engineer roles
Summer Research Program Intern 2027, AI and Geospatial Analysis for Natural Hazards (04-47)
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
The Energy Systems Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory is seeking a summer intern to join a multi-disciplinary team developing an AI-enabled portfolio analysis capability. This role will involve using agentic AI to integrate research documentation with technical and geospatial data to identify trends, assess past investments, and guide future research in natural hazard risks. The intern will contribute to designing and implementing these AI-based analysis tools, with the goal of creating an enduring capability to inform future research investments and operational priorities.
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AI Labs Summer Internship, Emerging Talent
Salesforce
Salesforce AI Labs is seeking exceptional emerging AI and computer science talent for a highly selective, 12-week summer internship program designed to develop the next generation of AI builders. Interns will spend 12 weeks embedded in one of four disciplines (Product Engineering, Product Management, FDE/Builders, or DET/Customer Zero), tackling real technical, product, or customer challenges and building with frontier AI technologies. You will work alongside experienced researchers, engineers, product managers, and technical leaders, with access to AI-native development tools and opportunities to take meaningful ownership of your work. While gaining hands-on experience in one discipline, you will also collaborate with interns across other disciplines on a cross-functional capstone project, culminating in a final presentation at Demo Day.
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AI Systems Software Engineering Intern – Summer 2027
NVIDIA
NVIDIA is seeking an AI Systems Software Engineering Intern to contribute to compilers and developer tools by applying AI agents, machine learning, and performance engineering. Interns will collaborate with compiler and AI engineers on projects involving code, compiler feedback, performance experiments, and optimization. The role offers opportunities to focus on agentic workflows, learned models, performance analysis, or AI-enabled developer tools, depending on the intern's background and interests. Experience in all areas is not required.
$0k - $0k
VLSI CAD Timing Intern, Applied AI - Summer 2027
NVIDIA
NVIDIA is seeking a VLSI CAD Timing Intern focused on Applied AI for Summer 2027. This role involves end-to-end solution development for timing and constraint analysis workflows, including data generation, model training, orchestration, and agentic automation. You will join a cross-disciplinary team building intelligent systems that learn from sign-off data, reason across flows, and assist engineers in achieving faster and more predictable closure. This is an opportunity to contribute to a "learning machine" that constantly evolves by adapting to new opportunities that matter to the world, amplifying human inventiveness and intelligence.
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Applied Machine Learning Engineer, AI for VLSI Design - New College Grad 2026
NVIDIA
Our team builds AI-driven software systems for Circuit Design, combining automation algorithms, deep learning models, and agentic workflows to accelerate end-to-end design automation. We are looking for an Applied Machine Learning Engineer to join our integral team in the Circuit Solutions Group. You will work within a multi-functional team on various projects involving pre-silicon and post-silicon custom circuit design, circuit/layout optimization, and Spice correlation. This role involves researching and implementing frontier solutions in electronic design automation and building innovative agentic AI solutions for VLSI design problems. You will be responsible for analyzing problems and datasets, validating hypotheses, and designing and building models and algorithms to achieve desired quality of results.
$116k - $230k
Summer 2027 Assoc AI Engineer Internship
T-Mobile
This 11-week paid internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies. You will work on real projects, not busywork, and collaborate with a supportive team to develop, optimize, and integrate AI-driven solutions. The program focuses on enhancing customer experience and improving operational efficiency through AI, with an emphasis on Generative AI, prompt engineering, and machine learning. You'll be paired with mentors, build relationships across the company, and have the chance to make an immediate impact with your creative ideas.
$0k - $0k
AI Native Software Engineer – Data & AI
Accenture
We are seeking AI-native engineers who integrate AI as a core part of their workflow, not as an add-on. In this role, you will design, build, and ship production-grade software across the full stack, leveraging AI-assisted tooling as a standard daily practice alongside your core engineering skills. You will work on client programs across various industries, building software that connects to and supports agentic AI systems. This involves understanding how your full-stack work integrates with agent architecture, LLM APIs, and enterprise AI pipelines. This is a core engineering function with a direct pathway to advanced roles for those who develop agentic depth.
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Performance Engineering Intern, Deep Learning and HPC - 2027
NVIDIA
We are seeking a Performance Engineering Intern to support our investments in performance testing of NVIDIA's datacenter products and applications. You will join the global Performance Lab team, enhancing our ability to accurately benchmark state-of-the-art AI applications and products. This role involves developing infrastructures and solutions to improve data gathering through automation and designing efficient testing processes for diverse applications and hardware. The data collected will inform marketing/sales collaterals and engineering studies for future products. You will collaborate with multi-functional teams in a dynamic environment with multiple concurrent projects and shifting priorities.
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PhD Research Intern, Electronic Design Automation - 2027
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Research is seeking PhD-level students for a research internship focused on groundbreaking work at the intersection of AI, GPU computing, Formal Methods, and Electronic Design Automation (EDA). This role offers the chance to influence the future of chip design, which is being transformed by AI and GPU acceleration. Interns will gain broad exposure to EDA algorithms, agentic AI, LLMs, and GPU computing, with specific research interests including GPU-accelerated optimization, physical design, formal methods, agentic AI, and reinforcement learning techniques.
$0k - $0k
PhD Intern, AI Applied Scientist (2027)
Figma
Figma is seeking PhD interns to join the AI Research team, focusing on the intersection of AI and Design. You will develop innovative AI solutions for design and creative products through fundamental and applied research, contributing to new AI-driven features. The team works on optimizing agentic systems, building robust evaluators, and post-training models, tackling challenging technical problems in AI and creativity. This internship offers the opportunity to publish research in leading AI/ML conferences.
$0k - $0k
Technical Writer Intern, Developer Experience (Summer 2027)
Together AI
The Developer Experience (DevX) team at Together AI is responsible for how developers learn and build on the platform, managing the documentation site, API reference, quickstarts, and cookbooks. They treat documentation as a product, with content living in Git and publishing through Mintlify, synchronized with the API via CI/CD automation. The team also focuses on making content accessible to AI coding agents, developing a house style guide for AI-assisted authoring and structured content. As a Technical Writer Intern on DevX, you will write, test, and ship documentation used by thousands of developers. You will be paired with a mentor and own significant projects from scoping to launch, with real users and metrics. This is a hands-on, technical role where you will run the code you document, call APIs, and contribute to the documentation repository from your first week. Potential projects include building migration kits, making documentation agent-ready, generating CLI reference from source, and writing evaluation design tutorials.
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Finance Systems Intern
Parloa
As a Finance Systems Intern, you will contribute to the operation and enhancement of Parloa's quote-to-cash systems, which manage enterprise contracts. You will gain practical experience with systems like SAP Subscription Billing, NetSuite, and Salesforce, learning how signed agreements translate into accurate subscriptions and invoices. This full-time, 6-month internship in Berlin offers hands-on experience with a modern quote-to-cash technology stack within a rapidly growing AI company. You will have the opportunity to take a personal automation project from conception to completion, presenting your work at the end of the internship.
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Applied AI/ML Scientist, Intern - Winter 2027
Faire
Faire is a technology wholesale platform connecting independent retailers with global entrepreneurs. We leverage tech, data, and machine learning to empower local businesses. The Applied AI/ML Science team builds and maintains models that power the marketplace, including shipping and delivery estimates. This role focuses on developing models that understand products from images and text to improve predictions and enhance retailer confidence, ultimately helping brands sell more on Faire.
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Software Engineering Intern, AI Automation Infra - 2027
NVIDIA
NVIDIA is seeking a Software Engineering Intern to join the PerfLab team. This internship offers a unique opportunity to work with leading experts on groundbreaking AI automation infrastructure projects. You will contribute to building and evaluating AI agent skills, MCP tools, and agentic workflows to enhance team efficiency. Additionally, you will develop data automation pipelines for performance test results and create interactive dashboards to present benchmark insights. This role is ideal for individuals passionate about AI and looking to make a lasting impact in an inclusive and dynamic environment.
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Software Engineer, Public Sector - New Grad
Scale AI
Scale is seeking a New Grad Software Engineer for its Public Sector team. This role involves building core product systems to ingest and process federal datasets, supporting real-time decision-making in critical environments. You will own mission-facing work from day one, shipping features, interacting directly with government stakeholders, and iterating rapidly. The position offers the opportunity to work on impactful projects, from developing AI agent guardrails and RAG pipelines to creating data visualization tools and deploying applications in secure government environments.
$124k - $162k
Software Engineer - New Grad
Scale AI
Scale is seeking New Grad Software Engineers to join their mission of developing reliable AI systems. In this role, you will own meaningful, customer-facing work from day one, shipping products, interacting directly with customers, and iterating quickly. You will contribute to building and deploying AI applications that deliver real impact for enterprises and governments.
$124k - $162k
Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)
Scale AI
Scale's internship program offers a unique opportunity for students to contribute to real, impactful projects alongside full-time engineers. Interns will work on the same roadmaps as experienced professionals, receiving mentorship from world-class talent in a culture that emphasizes ownership, speed, and truth-seeking. Many interns find this experience so valuable that they return as full-time employees.
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Applied AI Engineer (all genders)
Accenture
We are building the next generation of AI-native engineering talent, where AI is a core part of how engineers work, not an add-on. As an AI Engineer, you will design, build, and ship production-grade software across the full stack, using AI-assisted tooling as a standard daily practice alongside your core engineering skills. You will work on real client programs across industries, building production-grade software that connects to and supports agentic AI systems, understanding how your full-stack work integrates with agent architecture, LLM APIs, and enterprise AI pipelines. This role offers breadth across every industry and enterprise technology stack, combined with vendor fellowship access inside leading AI companies, structured AI certification pathways, and a clear development track toward agentic and forward-deployed engineering.
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Software Engineer Intern
Cresta
Cresta is seeking Software Engineer Interns to build systems powering real-time, AI-driven customer interactions in contact centers. You will work on production infrastructure where latency, reliability, and measurable business outcomes are critical. The role involves contributing meaningfully to key areas such as AI Agents & Automation, Real-Time Agent Assist, Conversation Intelligence, AI Evaluation & Reliability, and Platform & Infrastructure. Interns are expected to take ownership of problems end-to-end in a fast-moving environment.
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AI Developer Intern — Interconnect Hardware Frontend, 2027
NVIDIA
NVIDIA's Interconnect Hardware Frontend team is seeking an intern to explore the application of modern AI in RTL, verification, debug, and design-review workflows. The intern will develop a focused AI-for-hardware use case from concept to prototype, assess current AI tools and agents on real engineering challenges, and contribute to the team's understanding of valuable AI capabilities. This role involves collaboration with a global, cross-site team of RTL, verification, CAD, and methodology engineers.
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Product Design Intern for AI and Human Agents Platform
Cresta
Cresta is seeking driven UX interns to help shape the future of its human + AI agents platform, which powers AI-powered business workflows and automations for contact center operators. This unique position allows interns to transform how people interact with AI meaningfully, working on the end-to-end UX process, including product design, user research, and visual design elements, to create world-class experiences. The role is at the forefront of a technological breakthrough with LLM and Generative AI, offering a chance to build the future of AI-driven customer experiences.
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AI Quality Assurance Intern
Cresta
Cresta is seeking curious, detail-oriented students to join our AI Delivery team as AI Quality Assurance Interns. This is a hands-on role where you will evaluate the behavior, accuracy, and reliability of Cresta’s AI Agents and Agent Assist systems. This work sits at the intersection of AI behavior analysis, intent recognition evaluation, conversation quality assessment, model output auditing, and light prompt testing and refinement. You will help ensure our AI systems act as intended, follow correct business logic, and provide accurate and safe outputs to end users.
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AI Labs Rotational Fellowship, Emerging Talent
Salesforce
Salesforce AI Labs is seeking exceptional emerging AI and computer science talent for a highly selective, 24-month rotational fellowship designed to develop the next generation of AI builders. Fellows will tackle real technical and customer challenges, build with frontier AI technologies, and ship solutions into production at enterprise scale. This program offers hands-on experience across four distinct dimensions of the AI lifecycle: Product Engineering, Product Management, Customer Solution Deployment, and Enterprise Workflow Transformation. The rotational model provides exposure to different AI teams, technologies, and problems, building the technical depth, adaptability, and product mindset needed to become an AI leader. Upon successful completion, Fellows will transition into high-impact AI teams across Salesforce.
$114k - $136k
PCB Design EDA and AI Engineer - New College Graduate 2027
NVIDIA
NVIDIA is seeking a New College Graduate to join our PCB Design team in Taiwan. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with industry-leading engineers on the automation of hardware design for next-generation AI accelerated computing platforms. Through structured training, mentorship, and hands-on projects, you will develop into an expert in hardware EDA and AI design, gaining a system-level perspective and contributing to the future of computing architecture.
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Questions about entry-level AI Engineer jobs
- How many entry-level AI Engineer jobs are open?
- There are 36 open entry-level AI Engineer jobs on AiRagJobs right now, the newest posted 17m ago. New roles are added every day.
- How much do entry-level AI Engineer jobs pay?
- The median posted salary range is $124k–$162k, from 5 jobs here that list pay. That's base salary; equity and bonuses aren't included. See the full salary guide
- Which companies are hiring for entry-level AI Engineer jobs?
- NVIDIA, Cresta, Scale AI, Accenture and Salesforce have the most open roles right now.
- What skills do entry-level AI Engineer jobs ask for?
- The skills these postings ask for most are Python, AI Agents, LLM, RAG and Machine Learning. A project that shows you’ve built with them counts for a lot at this level.
