Applied AI Engineer (Agentic Workflows & RAG) - Masters-Level Internship

Location: Remote, with hybrid options in Toronto

Compensation: $32 per hour

Company

hirify.global is a Toronto-based language synthesis AI company building technology that removes language barriers and enables access to information in any language.

What you will do

• Design, build, and harden agentic workflows that plan and take reliable actions.
• Build production retrieval-augmented generation and search pipelines that ground model outputs in client data.
• Select reasoning or instruction-tuned models and justify trade-offs across latency, cost, and quality.
• Engineer prompts and context structures for different model classes.
• Create evaluation harnesses, test sets, and regression checks for non-deterministic AI features.
• Integrate AI tools with internal systems and data sources through APIs, MCP, and tool calling.

Requirements

• Master’s degree enrollment or completion is mandatory in computer science, software engineering, AI/ML, information systems, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants and the Claude API or comparable model APIs.
• Understanding of LLM and reasoning-model behavior, including context windows and model selection.
• Practical experience with an agentic workflow, RAG pipeline, or model integration using tool calling or MCP.
• Fluency in JavaScript/React and/or Python sufficient to build, evaluate, and fix AI-generated output.
• Strong prompt engineering, context management, evaluation, communication, and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Portfolio, GitHub repository, or live examples demonstrating AI engineering work.
• Experience with vector databases such as pgvector, Pinecone, or Weaviate.
• Experience with Next.js, Node.js, Supabase, Firebase, PostgreSQL, or agent frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Work inside a startup preparing for an IPO.
• Work directly with senior management and advisory board members.
• Build real projects with measurable outcomes and take ownership of impactful work.
• Work with colleagues from different backgrounds, disciplines, and countries in an inclusive environment.
• Duration: 520 hours, completed over 3 months full-time or 6 months part-time.

Hiring process

• Application followed by first, second, and third interviews.
• Group discovery session and next-step form.
• Contract and onboarding.