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Campus Undergraduate Summer Internship Program in Canada

  • American Express
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Toronto

Responsibilities

  • Research emerging artificial intelligence and cybersecurity technologies, threats, techniques, and security capabilities.
  • Build prototypes, proof-of-concepts, security test harnesses, and experimental environments using Python and other programming languages.
  • Develop and test AI and agentic AI solutions involving LLM integrations, AI agents, tool calling, orchestration frameworks, retrieval patterns, and automated workflows.
  • Experiment with AI models for security analysis, threat detection, vulnerability research, application security testing, and automation.
  • Integrate APIs, AI models, security tools, cloud services, containers, data sources, and development environments.
  • Create test cases, benchmarks, and experiments to evaluate effectiveness, reliability, security, limitations, and enterprise applicability.
  • Evaluate open-source technologies, products, platforms, and emerging technical capabilities through hands-on testing and analysis.
  • Analyze experimental results and document findings, assumptions, risks, limitations, and recommendations.
  • Prepare technical documentation, research summaries, demonstrations, and presentations for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled full-time in a bachelor's degree program in computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, computer engineering, software engineering, information systems, or a related technical field.
  • Graduation date must be between December 2027 and June 2028.
  • Hands-on programming experience, preferably with Python, and exposure to Java, JavaScript/Node.js, Go, C/C++, Bash, PowerShell, or similar technologies.
  • Foundational knowledge of computer science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, and cybersecurity concepts.
  • Ability to investigate technical problems, build or test solutions, analyze results, and document findings with guidance.
  • Preferred qualifications include academic, research, personal, open-source, security lab, hackathon, or Capture-the-Flag experience.
  • Preferred familiarity with prompt engineering, embeddings, retrieval-augmented generation, tool or function calling, orchestration frameworks, model evaluation, threat modeling, vulnerability research, AI red teaming, and automated security testing.
  • Preferred experience with APIs, cloud platforms, containers, data pipelines, development environments, security tools, software integration patterns, benchmarks, and technical evaluations.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, written and verbal communication, collaboration, curiosity, initiative, and learning agility.

Benefits

  • 16-week summer internship program.
  • Flexible work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options through Amex Flex.
  • Access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors, depending on location.
  • Career development, training, and opportunities to learn new skills and grow professionally.
  • Inclusive and accessible work environment with disability accommodations available.

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