Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Intern (8-12 month intern)
Element Fleet Management1 day ago
Toronto, CanadaIntern
Responsibilities
- Build and deploy AI agents, tools, and intelligent workflows for scoped business use cases under senior engineer guidance.
- Integrate agents with enterprise data sources, internal APIs, and business systems using Python and/or TypeScript.
- Apply retrieval-augmented generation, tool and function calling, and multi-step orchestration patterns.
- Participate in discovery sessions, document workflows, and translate business needs into use-case specifications, agent designs, and acceptance criteria.
- Support demos and pilot rollouts, gather user feedback, track adoption and outcome metrics, and create enablement materials.
- Write evaluation cases and test datasets, investigate failures with observability and tracing tools, and contribute to guardrails, fallbacks, error handling, documentation, and runbooks.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, with at least one term remaining or graduation within the internship window.
- Hands-on experience from academic projects, co-ops, internships, hackathons, or personal projects building software that integrates large language models, machine learning models, or AI services.
- Working proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript and comfort with REST or GraphQL APIs, JSON, and Git-based workflows.
- Foundational familiarity with prompt design, retrieval-augmented generation, tool or function calling, and agentic orchestration frameworks such as LangChain/LangGraph, Strands, or OpenAI Agents SDK.
- Some exposure to cloud environments, preferably AWS services such as Bedrock, Lambda, and DynamoDB, and to Docker.
- Ability to communicate with non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate working software, and write clear documentation.
- Preferred experience includes LLM evaluation frameworks, AI observability tooling, vector databases, or front-end development with React/Next.js.
Benefits
- 8–12 month internship with structured mentorship, clearly scoped ownership, and regular feedback.
- Hybrid work arrangement in Toronto at 1 Adelaide St. E.
- Comprehensive health and welfare benefits for qualified roles.
- Paid time off programs, including vacation, sick leave, and holidays, for qualified roles.
- Potential access to tuition reimbursement, retirement savings plans, and other benefits.
About Element Fleet Management
Element Fleet Management is a Toronto-based public company (TSX: EFN) that provides fleet management and vehicle financing services to organizations operating car and light-duty vehicle fleets. Its offerings span acquisition, leasing/financing, maintenance, fuel and accident management, telematics, and remarketing, delivered via data and advisory tools. Founded in 1946, Element manages over 1.5 million vehicles and serves clients across North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.