Summer Intern (Graduate Level) - AI Engineer

Workforce Classification:

Hybrid

Join Our Team: Do Meaningful Work and Improve People’s Lives 

Our purpose, to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better, is far from ordinary. And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare.

To better serve our customers, we are fostering a culture that emphasizes employee growth, collaborative innovation, and inspired leadership. We are dedicated to creating an environment where employees can excel and where top talent is attracted, retained, and thrives. As a testament to these efforts, Premera has been recognized on the 2025 America's Dream Employers list. In 2024, Newsweek honored Premera as one of America's Greatest Workplaces, America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, and America's Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing. Additionally in 2024, Forbes ranked Premera among America’s Best Midsize Employers for the fourth time.

Learn how Premera supports our members, customers and the communities that we serve through our Healthsource blog:  https://healthsource.premera.com/.

As an AI Engineer Intern, you will be an integral member of a team developing AI/ML solutions from concept to implementation. You will tackle meaningful business problems and execute substantive tasks within complex systems under the mentorship of experienced engineers. With a solid foundation in AI concepts and computational techniques, you will contribute significantly to system design, modeling, and coding. You will actively engage with cross-functional teams in both ideation and implementation phases of AI products. This internship provides comprehensive exposure to developing and deploying ML algorithms with a focus on building production-ready AI systems that drive business value.

Premera’s Summer Internship Program is June 16th – August 15th, 2025.

To be eligible for this position, you must be enrolled in either a Master's or PhD program.

This is a hybrid internship program on our campus in Mountlake Terrace, WA.

What you'll do:

• Develop components of larger AI systems and frameworks for AI applications and products under guidance.

• Participate actively in the ideation and implementation of prototypes and minimum viable AI/ML products.

• Implement tools and components for cloud-based AI systems, focusing on integration with existing architecture.

• Contribute to data pipelines that underlie complex AI systems, with a focus on data transformation and management.

• Implement low latency APIs within a microservices architecture for powering AI models and services.

• Participate in the monitoring of deployed models and contribute to reporting processes that ensure optimal model performance.

• Actively participate in a team that exercises principled, agile-like development practices.

• Create and maintain thorough documentation that is consistent with team procedures, corporate policies, and expectations.

• Follow peer review procedures for all assigned work and provide feedback on others' work when appropriate.

• Keep abreast of new tools and concepts through reading documentation or literature and actively practicing skills development.

What you'll bring:

• Currently pursuing a Master’s/PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.

• Academic or project experience with AI/ML systems; industry internships in software development, data science, or related fields preferred.

• Practical experience developing machine learning models with frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Keras.

• Applied understanding of prompt engineering techniques including Zero-shot and Few-shot prompting, with familiarity with tools like LangChain or similar frameworks for generating and refining prompts.

• Basic familiarity with version control and DevOps practices.

• Proficiency in developing and optimizing ML solutions using Python and libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib and scikit-learn.

• Understanding of traditional ML lifecycles and experience applying them in projects.

• Familiarity with ethical AI practices including explainable AI, fairness, and mitigation of bias/hallucinations.

• Solid communication and collaboration skills.

***Please include a cover letter with your application answering the following in 200 words or less for each question:*** 

• Please discuss a time you rapidly integrated a new tool or framework (e.g., LangChain, PyTorch) to solve an AI problem. How did you validate its effectiveness?

• Explain how you may have previously contributed to team-based AI development and deployment work.

• Discuss briefly your AI research or project interests.

• Tell us what you are expecting from this internship.

Premera total rewards

Our comprehensive total rewards package provides support, resources, and opportunities to help employees thrive and grow. Our total rewards are more than a collection of perks, they're a reflection of our commitment to your health and well-being. We offer a broad array of rewards including physical, financial, emotional, and community benefits, including:

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.

• Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.

• Life and disability insurance.

• Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.

• Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.

• Generous paid time off to reenergize.

• Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

• Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.

For our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.

• Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.

• Free convenient on-site parking.

• Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.

• Engaging on-site events and activities include food trucks, health and wellness, DEI and disaster preparedness fairs, coffee connects, and more.

• Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.

• Need a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.

Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action:

Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at [email protected] or via phone at 425-918-4785.

The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience.

The salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range.

National Plus Salary Range:

$43,200.00 - $90,000.00

*National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.

We’re happy to discuss compensation further during the interview because we believe that open communication leads to better outcomes for all. We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees are celebrated for their unique skills and contributions.