Software Engineering Intern — AI ADC
A10 Networks, Inc is seeking a Software Engineering Intern excited about bridging ADC technology and AI-based flows. The intern will help design and implement solutions integrating AI prompt evaluation into live systems handling complex layer 7 application traffic, contributing to high-impact projects that shape the future of AI and ADC.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement prompt classification
- Integrate prompt classification into Layer 7 workflow
- Contribute to tooling for fine-tuning, model orchestration, and inference performance optimization
- Collaborate with ML engineers on prompt evaluation
- Prototype and ship features that connect models to production-grade systems
Skills
- Be actively enrolled in a university program pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Engineering, or a related discipline in United States for the entire duration of the internship
- Be graduating between December 2026 - June 2027
- Be available from May 2026 - August 2026 OR June 2026 - September 2026
- Proficiency in C/C++ and/or Python
- Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals and API design
- Interest in model fine-tuning, evaluation pipelines, and prompt optimization
- Familiarity with prompt engineering and OSI layers/protocols such as TCP, HTTP
- Nice to have: Exposure to LLM frameworks such as Hugging Face, vLLM, OpenAI API
- Self-driven mindset and eagerness to learn across AI and Proxy boundaries
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