AI Engineer Co-Op
Founded in 1999, Audax Group is a leading alternative investment manager with offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, London and Hong Kong. With approximately $42 billion of assets under management and more than 475 employees, Audax is a leading capital partner for middle market companies, operating through three business lines: Audax Private Equity, Audax Private Debt, and Audax Strategic Capital.
For more information, visit www.audaxgroup.com or follow Audax Group on LinkedIn.
CO-OP/Intern Cycle: January - June 2027
Anticipated Start & End Date: January 4 - June 25, 2027 (dates are flexible based on school requirements)
Location: Boston, MA
Office Requirements: 3-4 days in office
Team: Business Solutions
POSITION SUMMARY:
Audax is looking for a dynamic, motivated AI Engineer CO-OP to join the business solutions team. This position will be responsible for supporting the Director, AI Solutions Architect for Audax Private Equity on AI initiatives with hands-on experience in AI development and AI governance. This position will coordinate with adjacent data teams to help create data pipelines, ensure input quality and integrity, and validate AI application outputs.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist with designing, implementing, maintaining, and scaling Audax’s AI ecosystem.
- Coordinate with internal IT professionals to scale AI infrastructure within the company’s cloud enterprise.
- Play an integral role in proof-of-concept development for different function area use cases within the firm.
- Assist with implementation of AI governance policies; this includes security, documentation, and privacy.
- Provide data validation and data quality assessments through coordination with the firm’s internal data engineers.
- Code within an IDE environment (VS Code) with Python, SQL, and Git.
- Utilize cloud environment services to assist with AI application development and deployment.
- Understand and experiment with modern AI architectures for experimentation and use case development.
- Support coordination across different firm function areas for information gathering, updates, and user testing.
COMPETENCIES:
- Experience with Python, SQL, and Git.
- Experience with the Microsoft Azure cloud environment, including GitHub, and with the Microsoft Office suite.
- Experience with OpenAI (SDKs, tools, CustomGPTs).
- Experience with Snowflake is a plus.
REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Computational Engineering, Computer Science, or another related field.
- Experience with at least two of the following required: traditional machine learning, natural language processing, transfer learning/fine-tuning, predictive analytics, agentic frameworks, AI output evaluation, and data engineering.
- Strong written and oral communication skills as well as critical thinking skills required to operate in an efficient and meaningful way with all levels of the organization
NICE TO HAVES:
- Experience with Microsoft Azure (including GitHub)
- Experience with Agentic SDKs, tools, evaluations and Chatbot Integrations
- Experience with Snowflake
- Previous co-op or full-time experience in a related field
TRAVEL: No regular travel is required for this role.
OTHER DUTIES:
For Massachusetts: The hourly range for this position is $30.00-$34.00. The hourly range represents the estimated low and high end for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation may vary and will be determined based on but not limited to, the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and Audax reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. An employee may also be eligible for annual discretionary incentive compensation based on performance.
Audax offers a wide range of employee benefits to full-time employees, including health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off (including sick leave, parental leave, volunteer leave, and vacation), charitable donation match, family support services (including Bright Horizons and Benefit Advocate Center), and a 401(k) in addition to other benefits.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Audax Management Co. is an equal opportunity employer.
Please note that Audax Group and its affiliated entities do not accept unsolicited resumes from a third-party recruiting agency not currently under a signed agreement. Any unsolicited resume that is sent to directly to Audax Group or one of its affiliated entities, or its employees, including those submitted to hiring managers by a third-party recruiting agency not currently under a signed agreement, will be considered property of Audax Group. If a third-party recruiting agency submits a resume without an agreement, Audax Group or its affiliated entities explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the third-party recruiting agency. Any third-party recruiting agency should contact either a member of the Talent Acquisition or Human Resource team at Audax Group, in conjunction with a valid, fully executed contract for service based upon a specific job opening.