Intern, Data Science, Machine Learning, AI

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Data science intern developing LLM and generative AI workflows for American Heart Association clinical and biomedical research. Building reproducible prototypes, evaluations, and documentation.

Responsibilities:

  • Support the design and development of LLM-powered applications and agentic AI workflows for clinical, biomedical, and operational research use cases
  • Apply LLMs to modeling and analytical tasks, including information extraction, classification, summarization, question answering, and workflow orchestration
  • Experiment with prompt design, structured outputs, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, vector search, tool use, and multi-step agent workflows
  • Prepare, clean, organize, and document data used in LLM and generative AI experiments
  • Develop reproducible prototypes and workflows using Python and approved AI/ML tools and platforms
  • Design and perform evaluations of LLM systems using quantitative and qualitative measures
  • Conduct validation, error analysis, robustness testing, and comparison of model or workflow alternatives
  • Assess hallucination, factual consistency, relevance, reliability, bias, privacy, and reproducibility
  • Document methods, assumptions, prompts, evaluation results, limitations, and recommended improvements
  • Contribute to technical documentation, presentations, abstracts, manuscripts, and cross-functional project discussions

Requirements:

  • Currently pursuing an MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Informatics, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, Public Health, or a related quantitative field
  • Coursework or project experience with LLMs, generative AI, natural language processing, retrieval-augmented generation, or AI agents
  • Experience using APIs or open-source frameworks to build and test LLM applications
  • Programming experience in Python and familiarity with common data analysis or machine learning libraries
  • Ability to understand and apply core LLM concepts such as tokens, context windows, embeddings, prompting, retrieval, and generation
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills
  • Commitment to reproducible research, responsible AI practices, data quality, and clear documentation
  • Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with both technical and non-technical colleagues
  • Experience working with cloud computing and/or high-performance computing environments, such as AWS, Snowflake, Azure, or GCP
  • Familiarity with model evaluation, experimental design, error analysis, version control, or reproducible workflow practices
  • Experience with healthcare, clinical, or biomedical datasets is preferred
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment managing multiple priorities involving multiple entities
  • Intermediate to excellent proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
  • Reliable WiFi connection
  • Minimum availability of 20 hours per week, Monday through Friday between 8:30am and 5pm
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship, now or in the future
  • For remote roles, work must be performed inside the United States, not in a foreign country

Benefits:

  • Ongoing professional development and training
  • Access to Heart U, the Association’s online university
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
  • Professional mentoring program
  • Teladoc General Medical and Behavioral Health programs
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost
  • Work-life harmonization resources and support