IDEMIA Public Security is a leading provider of secure and trusted biometric-based solutions. The Engineering AI / Machine Learning Internship involves prototyping, testing, and deploying intelligent systems, focusing on building AI features and tools while gaining hands-on exposure to large language models.
Responsibilities
- Build and iterate on small AI features and tools with guidance (Python)
- Help run and evaluate LLMs (open-source models) in controlled environments
- Contribute to simple APIs and scripts that connect models to real workflows
- Clean and organize datasets (PDF/XML/Markdown/JSON) for experiments
- Run experiments and record results; help debug issues and improve reliability
- Learn modern ML dev practices: versioning, containers, metrics, and basic evals
Skills
- Currently enrolled in a CS/Engineering (or similar) program
- Comfortable writing Python and using Git
- Basic ML fundamentals (e.g., linear models, neural nets) from courses or projects
- Curiosity, initiative, and willingness to learn unfamiliar tools
- A project (class or personal) that shows you like building things
- Intro experience with PyTorch or Transformers
- Familiarity with containers (Docker) or REST APIs (FastAPI/Flask)
- Interest in LLMs and infra (e.g., vLLM, batching, KV cache)
- Exposure to cloud or GPUs (Colab/AWS/local rigs)
- Prompt engineering, evaluation, or simple fine-tuning (e.g., LoRA)
- Messaging/storage basics (RabbitMQ, MinIO) or data pipelines
Company Overview
As our world becomes increasingly digitally connected, personal identity and security only become more important. It was founded in 1984, and is headquartered in Courbevoie, FR, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://na.idemia.com/.
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