Top Internships in Rochester, NY

Build and maintain secure Azure Government, edge, and on-premises infrastructure for Department of War systems. Responsibilities include DevSecOps collaboration, Zero Trust implementation, Kubernetes and container security, Infrastructure as Code automation, RMF and CMMC compliance, ATO support, vulnerability remediation, and software supply-chain security. Approximately 15% of the role focuses on securing AI applications, LLMs, RAG architectures, AI agents, and MCP integrations using NIST AI RMF and related practices.

A 12-week software engineering internship involving feature development, software testing, and continuous production deployment. Interns own projects end-to-end, collaborate across engineering and business teams, and receive mentorship while gaining experience with product development and reliable, real-time software systems.

Support digital marketing and community efforts in MENA: gather and manage data for content and campaigns, handle community queries on Telegram/Discord, use campaign portals (Task On, Galaxy, Zealy), conduct data research, assist lead generation, monitor campaign metrics, and follow the content plan to improve engagement and ROI.

Intern will build Zepho's social media presence, create content, manage influencer relationships, and track performance metrics. This role offers potential for full-time conversion.

Software Engineering Intern working across the technology stack to build semantic search, agentic AI systems, graph data solutions, and production-quality software. The role requires at least 20 hours per week and involves solving complex problems in an early-stage startup environment with significant ownership and experimentation.

Work as a Python development intern building applications and APIs, processing and analyzing data, working with databases and data pipelines, contributing to system architecture, writing clean documented code, and collaborating with the team. Strong emphasis on backend development, SQL, ORMs, and REST API design with potential conversion to full-time.

Supports Financial Compliance and Procure-to-Pay teams with tax filings, state audits, T&E and P-card audits, procedure and control documentation, compliance system administration, customer inquiries, government surveys, and reporting. The internship requires accounting or finance coursework, analytical and Excel skills, attention to detail, communication abilities, and proficiency with office and database software.

Support the sales team by identifying leads, conducting market research, preparing sales materials and proposals, participating in meetings and presentations, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to help drive business development and ensure client satisfaction.

Support international B2B sales through lead generation, prospect qualification, outreach, CRM data hygiene, sales material preparation, market research, pipeline tracking, and cross-team collaboration while learning sales processes.

Support the sales team by researching markets, identifying B2B opportunities, preparing sales materials and proposals, attending meetings, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to help drive client satisfaction and business development.

Build and deploy production AI agents for real customers. Responsibilities include orchestrating LLM pipelines, integrating APIs and tools, developing React interfaces, implementing RAG and document-processing systems, deploying serverless applications, and monitoring performance. The role requires strong Python or JavaScript skills, hands-on OpenAI and multimodal LLM experience, vector databases, agent frameworks, function calling, and full-stack integration. Applicants must be pursuing a Master's or PhD in a technical field.

Communications Intern supporting communication strategies, social media content, marketing material design, business intelligence research, reports, presentations, and collaborative initiatives in a consulting environment.

Create standard design guidelines and graphic assets to support the marketing team and fellow interns. Work is project-based, guided by a volunteer mentor, and flexible to meet course internship requirements.

Project-based marketing internship creating a marketing strategy for JMI's educational content. Interns work within a six-person marketing team, are matched with volunteer mentors, and will produce strategic media to promote content and membership. Flexible project scope to meet spring internship course requirements.

Student internship supporting People Operations: create a strategic hiring plan for a part-time Coordinator, build internal communication structures for the internship program, and complete a course-aligned project with mentor guidance to develop internal processes for educational and marketing teams.

Support JMI's marketing team by creating customer profiles, helping develop targeting strategies for other interns, and completing a flexible, course-aligned market research project under mentor guidance.

R&D intern developing and validating compiler features for high-performance computing. Responsibilities include analyzing CPU/GPU performance, reading PTX and LLVM assembly, implementing hardware intrinsics and mathematical algorithms, fixing compiler bugs, creating benchmarks and demos, and writing technical documentation. The role requires strong C++ or C# skills, understanding of memory management and object-oriented programming, and interest in CUDA, OpenMP, GPU architecture, algorithms, and numerical methods.

Supports consulting project teams through data analysis, research, competitive assessments, client presentations, stakeholder meetings, and project management. Uses Python, R, spreadsheets, visualization tools, and analytical methods to develop insights and recommendations across operations, financial strategy, data analytics, M&A, and corporate strategy projects.

Create and curate social media content for Instagram and YouTube, support blog posts, email newsletters, and promotional campaigns, and maintain WordPress content. Schedule posts using Buffer, monitor analytics and engagement, track social media trends, and help refine content strategies. Collaborate with the marketing team to develop ideas and strengthen the brand’s digital presence. This is a fully remote internship offering hands-on digital marketing experience.

Support CEO and leadership on market intelligence, financial modelling, go-to-market strategy, partnerships and PMO. Run competitor analysis, size segments, build investor-ready business plans, craft value propositions and support partner negotiations while tracking cross-functional OKRs and dashboards.

Supports enterprise risk management activities, including risk assessments, Key Risk Indicator development, disaster scenario updates, risk analysis, reporting, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration. The intern gains practical experience with operational risk, business continuity, risk and control frameworks, scenario planning, and insurance risk management.

Analyze recruiting and interview data to improve AI-powered candidate evaluation systems. Build metrics, statistical and machine learning models, LLM evaluation datasets, experiments, dashboards, and reproducible data workflows. Collaborate with product and engineering teams on candidate matching, interview quality, recruiting analytics, bias detection, and AI system improvements.

Create and optimize blogs, LinkedIn posts, website pages, marketing materials, and visuals. Support storytelling, content planning, editorial calendars, trend and competitor research, and content repurposing. Collaborate with growth and product teams while using AI tools for ideation, drafting, editing, feedback, and repeatable content workflows.

Assist with manual and regression testing of web-based AI products across frontend, backend, workflows, and AI-generated outputs. Document bugs and edge cases, validate fixes with engineers and product managers, evaluate LLM output quality, and improve QA documentation and processes. The intern will also use AI tools to generate test cases, identify edge scenarios, and support test automation workflows. Training is provided, with opportunities to grow into QA automation or engineering roles.

Design interactive prototypes, wireframes, user flows, and high-fidelity mockups in Figma. Conduct user interviews and usability tests, analyze feedback and behavioral data, and translate insights into simple UX solutions. Collaborate directly with the CEO, CTO, and Head of Brand to influence product strategy, roadmap decisions, and shipped experiences for an AI-powered financial product.