AI Engineering Intern

AI Engineering Intern

A paid internship for a software engineering student who wants to learn a real skill through apprenticeship. You work underneath tenured full-stack engineers, build expertise in web scraping and AI backends, and build product from your first weeks.

Remote · Latin America · $350 USD/month · Full-time · Independent Contractor · Monday to Friday · 9 AM-6 PM CT

Why this role exists

Our client is the number one Actor developer on Apify, building a production-ready library of tools that turn any website into clean, structured data. They have shipped over 1,500 Actors in under six months and are growing the team considerably. They run lean, ship fast and give people real ownership early.

What you'll own

• Learning how the team builds and ships Actors on the Apify platform
• Your own Actors, built and shipped with TypeScript, Node.js and modern AI coding tools
• Contributions to the production codebases the team is actively building
• AI backends built on top of the data the Actors produce
• Healthy Actors: watching uptime, run success and errors
• Usage and performance metrics, so the team can see what is working and what is not

Why this is interesting

• Apprenticeship under tenured full-stack engineers
• You build product from your first weeks and grow fast if you push
• Real ownership early on a lean team that ships fast
• Hands-on with the latest in AI, web scraping and AI backends

What we're looking for

• Software engineering student moving fast through the fundamentals
• Strong TypeScript skills. This is the number one thing the team looks for
• Comfortable with Node.js, React or Astro, and Prisma or Postgres
• Comfortable with GitHub and basic server work such as SSH and Ubuntu
• You already use AI coding tools like Codex and Claude Code every day
• You love building and have shipped your own MVPs and products
• Proactive and ownership-driven: you move fast, ask when you are stuck and push work forward without being told
• English B2, written and spoken, plus Spanish, since the team works across both

Bonus

• Exposure to web scraping or the Apify platform
• Interest in how metrics drive product decisions
• Astro or other modern frontend frameworks

What success looks like

First 90 days

By day 30 you navigate the codebase and the Apify console on your own, ship small changes under review and keep the performance metrics current. By day 60 you own a small set of Actors, ship with less oversight and build your first AI backend feature on top of the data the Actors produce. By day 90 you own a slice of the Actor Factory, spot problems and ship fixes without being told, and your work reaches users.

Ongoing

You become the person the team asks about your slice of the Actor Factory. Your pull requests need fewer rounds of review, you ship with confidence, and your metrics shape what the team builds next.

Why Puente

Puente connects experienced Latin American professionals with growing US companies. We do not operate as a generic job board: we selectively match candidates with active roles and guide them through the hiring process.

3% acceptance rate · 2,873+ professionals placed · 97% retention beyond 12 months · 18 countries · 100% remote

Hiring process

• Apply, including a short skills assessment
• Puente screening: a WhatsApp intro, then a recruiter interview
• Client interview with the hiring manager
• Background check and offer

Apply now

Submit your resume in PDF and complete the short skills assessment we share with every applicant. It is how we evaluate written communication, accuracy and attention to detail for this role.