Fuel Cycle

Market Research

AIEngineering&OperationsIntern

Los Angeles, California, United States INTERNSHIP
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“AI Engineering & Operations Intern at Fuel Cycle. Skills: LLM APIs, Prompt Engineering, AI Systems Thinking, Evaluation & Iteration. Build AI-powered tools. Integrate AI-powered tools”

What You'll Achieve.

Successful delivery of AI-powered tools; Demonstrably improve team efficiency; Demonstrably improve automation coverage; Demonstrated ability to evaluate AI outputs rigorously; Accelerates AI adoption; Ensures solutions are practical; Ensures solutions are well-documented

Industry & Context.

Market Research
Problems you'll solve

Methodical thinker; Iterate based on feedback

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, Previous internship, coursework, or project work involving LLMs, AI application development, or AI/ML APIs, Comfortable writing familiarity with REST APIs, JSON, and at least one LLM SDK or framework (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI SDK)

Nice to Have

Experience with RAG pipelines, vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector), or semantic search, Familiarity with AI observability or evaluation tooling (e.g., LangSmith, Braintrust, Weights & Biases), Exposure to agentic frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI) or multi-modal AI applications

What You'll Do.

Build AI-powered tools

Integrate AI-powered tools

Optimize AI-powered tools

Develop and refine prompts

Automate repeatable tasks

Augment decision-making workflows

Translate business requirements

Select appropriate models

Design evaluation frameworks

Monitor deployed AI features

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work alongside Product Managers; Work alongside Engineers; Work alongside Business Stakeholders; Cross-functional collaboration; Team-oriented attitude

Communication Scope

Explain AI system behavior; Explain AI system limitations; Explain AI system tradeoffs; Communicate AI system behavior; Communicate AI system outputs

Process & Methodology

Manage multiple AI workstreams, Balance speed of experimentation, Documentation and quality standards

Full Job Description

About Fuel Cycle: Fuel Cycle empowers leading organizations with agile research solutions that deliver decision-ready insights — fast, flexible, and fully integrated. As a market research disruptor, our AI-powered Insights Platform is built for speed, precision, and scale. With cutting-edge tools and seamless audience connectivity, we help brands ditch the guesswork and make smarter, customer-led decisions at lightning speed.   Why work at Fuel Cycle? Join a high-growth team where curiosity is valued, ownership is encouraged, and your work drives real-world impact. Whether you’re based at our Los Angeles HQ, New York City hub, working remotely across the U.S., or part of our global team in India, you’ll help shape the future of decision intelligence for some of the world’s most iconic brands.   Overview: The AI Engineering & Operations Intern is responsible for building, integrating, and optimizing AI-powered tools and workflows that improve business operations and accelerate decision-making. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about large language models, prompt engineering, and the practical deployment of AI systems. Working closely with our Product, Engineering, and Operations teams, the intern will help design and ship AI solutions—from prompt design and API integration to monitoring and evaluation—contributing to high-impact internal initiatives. Location: Los Angeles, CA Work Arrangement: This is an onsite role requiring 3 days per week in the office.   Key Responsibilities: AI Engineering & Integration - Design, build, and iterate on AI-powered features and internal tools using LLM APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, HuggingFace) to improve operational efficiency. - Develop and refine prompts, chains, and agents to automate repeatable tasks and augment decision-making workflows. - Translate business requirements into AI-powered solutions, selecting appropriate models, tools, and integration patterns. Collaboration & Execution - Work alongside Product

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