Job description
ITHAKA’s mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. Our services — Artstor, JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R — enable people everywhere to learn, to grow, and to overcome barriers to education. In carrying out our mission, as employees we feel a deep responsibility to members of our community and to each other, and we are committed to building and sustaining a culture where everyone can thrive.
The Role
ITHAKA’s Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning team (AI/ML) is looking for a skilled and driven student with a background in applied machine learning and data science to intern with our team. The ideal candidate will have experience with machine learning projects either through course-work/ projects, personal projects, and/or industry experience and have a good understanding of AI and machine learning concepts and techniques. This role involves researching and implementing machine learning solutions for real-world applications.
This is a full-time internship, the intern is expected to work 40 hours per week. The internship spans a period of 12 weeks, beginning on June 1, 2026.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy machine learning solutions addressing real-world use cases.
- Perform data analysis to ensure quality, identify insights, and inform model development.
- Develop and implement robust evaluation frameworks, including creating ground truth datasets, to assess model performance and reliability.
- Fine-tune models to enhance performance and scalability.
- Document and share your research findings with the team.
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team of machine learning engineers, software engineers, product managers, and user researchers as needed.
Experience and Skills
- Actively enrolled and pursuing a Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field.
- Understanding of machine learning concepts, including understanding of machine learning algorithms, feature engineering techniques, training/evaluation/serving pipelines, etc.
- Coursework or real-world experience with machine learning frameworks and libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
- Experience working on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and/or Computer Vision use cases.
- Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI techniques.
- Intermediate programming skills in Python and proficiency in SQL for data manipulation.
Work Authorization and Sponsorship
ITHAKA is not currently considering candidates who require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States.
Compensation and Benefits
At ITHAKA we believe in openness and equity. Part of living those values is our commitment to clarity about salary ranges, so candidates know what to expect. The starting salary for this position ranges from $25/hourly.
Work for ITHAKA
We are committed to our organizational values of belonging, evidence, speed, teamwork, and trust. We take seriously the need for everyone to feel welcome. Belonging is one of our core values, and it shows in our vibrant culture. People from a wide range of backgrounds work at ITHAKA, and we believe that unique perspectives help us realize new insights and build better solutions.
We want to work with people who are passionate about ideas like these and who wish to contribute their perspectives and talents to ITHAKA’s mission. We enthusiastically welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and credentials. We want to hear your story and include your perspective in the transformative work we aim to do.
Learn more about Working at ITHAKA.
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Although ITHAKA has physical offices in New York and Ann Arbor, Michigan, our employees are distributed across the continental United States. At this time, we’re not considering candidates who are unable to work and reside in the continental U.S.
Candidates may apply by submitting an application online through our career site, if you have any questions about your application, please contact us at [email protected]. ITHAKA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if there’s anything we can do to accommodate any portion of the application or hiring process, please contact us at [email protected].
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to identity or other status protected by law. We invite you to read our Equal Employment Opportunity Statement. ITHAKA cares about your privacy, learn more about our Applicant Privacy Notice.
