Engineering Intern - Class of 2026

June 6, 2026

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About The Company Eightfold was founded with a vision to solve for employment in our society. For decades, the connection between individuals and opportunities has been based on who they are and their network’s strength vs. their potential. Eightfold leverages artificial intelligence to transform how to think about skills and capabilities for individuals as well as how jobs and career decisions are made. Eightfold offers the industry’s first AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform to transform how organizations plan, hire, develop and retain a diverse workforce, enabling individuals to transform their careers. To date, Eightfold AI has received more than $410 million in funding and a valuation of over $2B from leading investors to further our mission of finding the right career for everyone in the world. If you are passionate about solving one of the most fundamental challenges of our society - employment, working on hard business problems and being part of an amazing growth story - Eightfold is the place to be! About The Role As an Engineering Intern at Eightfold AI, you will get a chance to work on highly scalable distributed systems and AI platforms spanning several TBs of data from enterprises, governments and public data sources. With candidate and job data in the order of millions, our models are trained on aggregation of a billion data points and our infrastructure is built to scale state of art. You will gain deep expertise in how AI is consumed and create futuristic applications that are effective in using AI/ML to find the right career. You will also optimize for usability and make data driven decisions in the process. Primary Responsibilities <ul><li>Learn to design, develop, maintain, and enhance applications and services.</li><li>Invent novel solutions to challenging problems.</li><li>Diagnose and debug issues in a production environment.</li><li>Collaborate with top notch engineers, product managers and designers in an open, creative environment.</li><li>A glimpse of our Tech stack: Python, Tensorflow, SQL, Bash, Ansible, React, Redux, Webpack, Apache Spark, Solr, Docker, etc. and AWS services like EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon EMR, ECS, RDS, S3, Redshift, Cloudformation, SNS, SQS, etc. </li></ul>Basic Qualifications <ul><li>Currently pursuing a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science with the year of graduation as 2026</li><li>Available for a full-time in-person 6 months internship immediately</li><li>CGPA of 8.0 and above (out of 10)</li><li>Solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals</li><li>Strong hold on data structures, algorithms and coding </li></ul>Preferred Qualifications <ul><li>Have exposure and hands-on experience with AI/ML and AI tools</li><li>Have cross-platform software development experience (Web, Android, iOS, emails)</li><li>Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic, autonomous environment</li><li>Passionate about designing, building, launching, and maintaining products</li><li>Demonstrate proactiveness, ownership, empathy and independent judgement</li><li>Demonstrate customer centricity, teamwork, communication (verbal and written) and organizational skills </li></ul>We are a team of self-starters who excel in their fields. We believe in giving you responsibility, not a task. We want you to have ownership and pride in the work you do and see the impact of your work on your colleagues, our customers, and the world. We believe in providing transparency and support, so that you can do the best work of your career.

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