Software Engineering Intern — AI ADC

We’re looking for a Software Engineering Intern excited about bridging ADC technology and AI-based flows. You’ll help design and implement solutions integrating AI prompt evaluation into live systems handling various complex layer 7 application traffic such as DNS and HTTP.

You’ll join a fast-moving team working at the intersection of software engineering and AI, where every service you build helps make intelligent systems faster, safer, and more reliable. Our environment blends C and Python for high-performance backend development, paired with tools and frameworks for LLM inference and experimentation.

This is a 12-week full-time internship where you’ll work on high-impact projects that directly contribute to our mission. We’re seeking motivated students who want to apply their technical and research skills to shape the future of AI and ADC. Please note this is an on-site internship based in our San Jose, California office.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement prompt classification
• Integrate prompt classification into Layer 7 workflow
• Contribute to tooling for fine-tuning, model orchestration, and inference performance optimization.
• Collaborate with ML engineers on prompt evaluation.
• Prototype and ship features that connect models to production-grade systems.

To qualify, You Must:

• Be actively enrolled in a university program pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Computer Engineering, or a related discipline in United States for the entire duration of the internship.
• Be graduating between December 2026 - June 2027.
• Be available from May 2026 - August 2026 OR June 2026 - September 2026.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in C/C and/or Python.
• Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals and API design
• Interest in model fine-tuning, evaluation pipelines, and prompt optimization.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering and OSI layers/protocols such as TCP, HTTP.
• Nice to have: Exposure to LLM frameworks such as Hugging Face, vLLM, OpenAI API.
• Self-driven mindset and eagerness to learn across AI and Proxy boundaries.

What You’ll Gain:

• Complex Layer 7 development experience blended with AI technologies
• Mentorship from engineers building forward thinking ADC solutions in an AI world
• A collaborative, fast-paced environment where you can experiment, learn, and grow quickly.

Compensation: up to $65/hr