AI Engineer Intern

Company Description

LucentraCode is an AI-powered coding platform focused on making software development faster, more affordable, and accessible to developers worldwide.

Our multi-model AI coding CLI gives developers access to powerful AI models with generous usage limits, optimized performance, and seamless development workflows.

At LucentraCode, we're building the next generation of AI developer tools. Our team works on LLM integrations, intelligent coding agents, AI infrastructure, model optimization, and scalable developer experiences.

We value practical engineering, experimentation, independent thinking, and the ability to turn ideas into working products.

Role Description

We are looking for passionate AI Engineer Interns to join the LucentraCode engineering team remotely.

As an AI Engineer Intern, you'll contribute to building and improving AI-powered coding tools, intelligent agents, and LLM-based developer workflows.

You'll gain hands-on experience working with modern AI models, agentic systems, APIs, and production-level AI infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and improve AI-powered coding agents and developer tools.
• Integrate and optimize Large Language Models (LLMs) within developer workflows.
• Work on AI agent architectures, tool calling, and autonomous coding systems.
• Build and maintain APIs, backend services, and AI integrations.
• Experiment with prompt engineering, context management, caching, and inference optimization.
• Evaluate model performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to build and ship production-ready features.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms.
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with Git, GitHub, and modern software development workflows.
• Understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI agents.
• Experience working with AI APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google Gemini is a plus.
• Familiarity with agent frameworks, RAG, tool calling, or MCP is beneficial.
• Basic knowledge of backend development, REST APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong problem-solving ability, curiosity, and willingness to learn.

Selection Process & PPO Opportunity

Candidates will be evaluated through a technical competition involving practical AI engineering challenges.

The competition will assess problem-solving skills, technical implementation, creativity, and the ability to build functional AI-powered applications.

Top-performing candidates may be selected for internship opportunities at LucentraCode.

Outstanding interns will be considered for a performance-based Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) for a full-time engineering role, based on their contributions, technical performance, and business requirements.

Why Join LucentraCode?

• Work remotely on real AI-powered developer tools.
• Gain experience with cutting-edge LLMs and autonomous coding agents.
• Contribute to a product designed for developers worldwide.
• Work directly with the core engineering team.
• Gain exposure to AI infrastructure, model optimization, and production systems.
• Build features that can reach real developers.
• Opportunity to secure a performance-based PPO.

Build AI tools that help developers build better software.