AI Engineering Intern

About the Mission TerraByte Green is a non-profit startup based in North Carolina, focused on the intersection of digital equity and environmental sustainability. We manage e-waste responsibly by refurbishing technology to bridge the digital divide. The Big Picture This is a fully remote internship, though candidates based in North Carolina, especially those local to our operating area, are preferred. You will learn how to build AI harnesses, the tools and guardrails that allow AI models to query, write, modify, and delete data in a database. This is a hands on opportunity to build real AI engineering experience by designing the systems that connect AI models to the data a growing organization runs on. What You Will Do Learn how AI models use tools and function calls to interact with external systems Build and test tools that let AI models query, create, update, and delete database records Design safeguards for AI driven data changes, including permission checks, input validation, and confirmation steps before writes or deletions Build and test in development databases before any tool is used on live data Write documentation for each tool, covering what it does, what inputs it accepts, and what data it can change Follow TerraByte Green data handling rules for any work involving donor or participant information Help identify gaps in how AI tools are used across the organization and propose improvements Why This Opportunity Matters You get real, portfolio ready AI engineering e