AI Intern (Applied AI, LLMs, Agentic Workflows)

Job Description

At K&L Gates, we are looking for smart, imaginative and hard-working people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas to join us.  Perhaps our search for talented visionaries and your search for important and impactful work lead to the same place.

We are seeking an AI Intern to support applied AI initiatives with a focus on Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic workflows, and AI-assisted automation. This internship offers hands-on experience building, evaluating, and iterating on AI-powered solutions that deliver practical outcomes in an enterprise environment. You will collaborate with AI developers, data and software teams, and business stakeholders to identify high-impact use cases, prototype solutions, and integrate AI capabilities into real workflows—while learning responsible AI, security, and governance practices.

This internship is designed for students who want real-world experience building and deploying AI solutions—not just studying them. As an AI Intern, you will help create and improve AI-driven capabilities such as LLM-based assistants, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows, prompt/tool orchestration, and evaluation harnesses. You will also gain exposure to practical patterns for productionizing AI—like lightweight MLOps and integration with existing business systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Prototype and improve AI-powered solutions that deliver practical outcomes in an enterprise environment.

• Design and build AI models and algorithms; create and maintain machine learning models and AI-driven solutions.

• Test, deploy, and manage AI systems throughout their lifecycle.

• Support LLM experimentation, including prompting, tool/function calling, orchestration, and related workflows.

• Contribute to vector search/embeddings and RAG pipelines (indexing, retrieval, relevance evaluation).

• Help develop evaluation approaches (e.g., evaluation harnesses) to measure solution quality and reliability.

• Develop AI solutions that integrate with existing business systems to improve functionality and user experience.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure AI initiatives align with organizational objectives.

• Support data pipelines and infrastructure needed for efficient AI development and deployment.

• Document technical work for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Stay up to date with emerging AI trends and recommend enhancements to existing systems and workflows.

Required Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field.

• Foundational programming skills and strong analytical/problem-solving ability.

• Understanding of core AI/ML concepts and familiarity with LLM capabilities and limitations.

• Ability to communicate clearly and document technical work for technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)

• Hands-on exposure to LLM frameworks or tooling.

• Exposure to agentic patterns (tool calling/function calling, planning, memory, multi-agent collaboration).

• Experience with vector search/embeddings and RAG pipelines.

• Familiarity with common AI developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot or similar) and experimentation workflows.

• Basic understanding of cloud platforms and APIs used to integrate AI services into applications.

What You’ll Learn / Be Exposed To

• Building AI solutions from prototype to deployment, including testing and lifecycle management.

• Practical applied AI patterns: LLM workflows, agentic patterns, RAG, and evaluation approaches.

Hourly Rate $20.00 / hour 

The compensation salary for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market factors.

ABOUT THE FIRM

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents in more than 40 offices. We have experienced dramatic growth in the past decade and now rank among the largest U.S. based law firms in the world.  We take pride in constantly striving for innovation, imagination and an entrepreneurial spirit. We come up with big ideas and then roll up our sleeves to get the job done, guiding our clients through their most complex issues in a variety of industry sectors and across multiple regions of the world. 

The industry recognition the firm has garnered emanates from the foundation of a global community aligned on behalf of our clients. The people at K&L Gates are committed to working together to create a legacy for each other, the firm, our clients, and the communities in which we serve. We thrive in an inclusive and socially conscious environment that embraces diversity and takes a holistic approach to the career evolution of all our professionals.

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BENEFITS

K&L Gates offers our personnel a comprehensive suite of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time personnel include:

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Firm is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Firm that employment decisions shall be based on merit, qualifications and competence. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of a person’s race (including traits associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles such as afros, braids, locks, and twists), religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, gender, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, familial status, domestic violence victim status, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy governs all aspects of employment including, without limitation, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, assignment, and dismissal. In addition, it is the Firm’s policy to provide an environment that is free of prohibited harassment of any kind including, without limitation, that which is based on sex, race, age, disability, ethnic background, or any other category protected by law (including the categories listed above). The Firm complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact askHR@klgates.com.