Data & AI Engineer Intern (6 months)

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Shift delivers AI agents that transform insurers' most critical work. By combining deep industry expertise and unmatched data resources, Shift provides proven results that have earned the trust of hundreds of the world's leading insurers. Our insurance-grade AI is accurate, explainable, and secure—empowering human experts to move with unmatched speed, total confidence, and a renewed focus on the people they serve.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><video poster="https://8595762.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/8595762/2026%20Website%20Refresh/2026%20Shift%20Brand%20Video/thumbnail-violet.jpg" controls="controls" width="300" height="150"> &nbsp;&nbsp;<source src="https://8595762.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/8595762/2026%20Website%20Refresh/2026%20Shift%20Brand%20Video/2026%20Shift%20Brand%20Video%20(English).mp4" type="video/mp4"> &nbsp;&nbsp;Your browser does not support the video tag.</video></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Our culture is built on innovation, trust, and a drive to transform the insurance industry through our SaaS platform. We come from more than 50 different countries and cultures and together we are creating the future of insurance.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Learn more at <a href="http://www.shift-technology.com" target="_blank">www.shift-technology.com</a></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><p><strong>Shift Technology :&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Shift is the leading AI platform for insurance. Shift combines generative, agentic, and predictive AI to detect fraud, assess risk, and recommend actions throughout the claims process. Our teams tackle complex data challenges and bring advanced models into production at scale, giving insurers deeper insights into their data while helping their customers get paid faster and enjoy a smoother claims experience. Our technology is adopted and trusted by the world’s leading insurers.<br><br><strong>The Data &amp; AI Engineering Team 🤖:</strong></p> <p>The Data &amp; AI Engineering team designs, builds, and maintains the platform that powers all of Shift’s products and features used by insurers. We bring together Data, Software, and ML/AI Engineers to tackle a broad range of technical challenges. Here are just a few of the areas we work on:</p> <ul> <li>Predictive ML models, RAG systems and advanced agentic AI workflows for scoring and decisions;</li> <li>Data storage: relational, NoSQL, and vector databases;</li> <li>Data pipelines: ingestion, cleaning, transformation, and enrichment;</li> <li>Unstructured data processing: text and documents;</li> <li>Entity linking, entity resolution, and network detection using graph algorithms</li> </ul> <p>Working closely with forward-deployed Data Scientists, we take end-to-end ownership of these components: from designing the architecture and implementing solutions together to overseeing deployments and maintaining and improving systems in production.<br><br><strong>Your key responsibilities🧑‍💻:</strong></p> <p>You’ll own a feature of Shift’s Data &amp; AI platform involving large language models (LLMs) and agentic workflows, from initial exploration to production, which will improve our fraud detection or payment integrity models. You’ll be responsible for:</p> <ul> <li>Understanding the business problem with our clients, Product teams, and domain experts</li> <li>Exploring the state of the art, testing approaches, and identifying what works best for your use case</li> <li>Designing the solution alongside our Architects and AI Research Lab</li> <li>Building and integrating your feature within a cross-functional squad</li> <li>Evaluating and improving performance, measuring accuracy (precision / recall) and latency</li> <li>Deploying your feature into production in collaboration with our forward-deployed Data Scientists</li> </ul> <p>Alon

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