AI Engineer Intern (Go-to-Market) (Part-time) - Fall 2025

Redefine the future of customer experiences. One conversation at a time.

We’re changing the game with a first-of-its-kind, conversation-centric platform that unifies team collaboration and customer experience in one place. Powered by AI, built by amazing humans.

Our culture is forward-thinking, customer-obsessed and built on an unwavering belief that connection fuels business and life; connections to our customers with our signature Amazing Service®, our products and services, and most importantly, each other. Since 2008, 100,000+ companies and 1M+ users rely on Nextiva for customer and team communication.

If you’re ready to collaborate and create with amazing people, let your personality shine and be on the frontlines of helping businesses deliver amazing experiences, you’re in the right place.

Build Amazing - Deliver Amazing - Live Amazing - Be Amazing

Join Nextiva’s AI Operations team for an action-packed fall focused on deploying generative AI and agentic AI to accelerate our internal processes. You’ll prototype and operationalize AI workflows that boost pipeline, efficiency, and insight generation while gaining end-to-end exposure to demand generation, RevOps, and marketing analytics.

This is a part-time, paid internship (August-December 2025). Flexible options are available for International students who are limited to part-time hours. Applicants must be able to work onsite at our Scottsdale Headquarters Monday-Friday.

The Role

As an AI Engineer Intern, you will build and deploy lightweight AI agents and automations that eliminate internal bottlenecks. You’ll experiment rapidly with models such as OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, and in-house LLM apps, then connect their outputs to Python web apps and Retool dashboards. Expect a hands-on, scrappy environment where iterating fast and quantifying impact matter more than polish.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test AI workflows that replace manual work
• Deploy agentic automations for internal process monitoring and optimization
• Prototype integrations that remove repetitive GTM tasks
• Generate weekly dashboards summarizing impact, insights, and next steps
• Analyze operational data with AI tools; recommend optimizations
• Document clear playbooks and train teammates on every solution shipped

Requirements

• Rising senior or master’s student in Computer Science, Data Science, AI/ML, or related field
• Demonstrated scrappiness (startup, hackathon, or side-project experience)
• Familiarity with GenAI, APIs, prompting, and coding (Python)
• Experience with OpenAI ChatGPT and CustomGPTs, Anthropic Claude and Claude Code, and other AI models
• Analytical mind-set; able to quantify impact and iterate fast
• Highly organized, action-oriented, and comfortable juggling multiple projects
• Strong communicator who collaborates well across functions

Nextiva DNA (Core Competencies)

Nextiva’s most successful team members share common traits and behaviors:

• Drives Results: Action-oriented with a passion for solving problems. They bring clarity and simplicity to ambiguous situations, challenge the status quo, and ask what can be done differently. They lead and drive change, celebrating success to build more success.
• Critical Thinker: Understands the "why" and identifies key drivers, learning from the past. They are fact-based and data-driven, forward-thinking, and see problems a few steps ahead. They provide options, recommendations, and actions, understanding risks and dependencies.
• Right Attitude: They are team-oriented, collaborative, competitive, and hate losing. They are resilient, able to bounce back from setbacks, zoom in and out, and get in the trenches to help solve important problems. They cultivate a culture of service, learning, support, and respect, caring for customers and teams.

Total Rewards

Our Total Rewards offerings are designed to allow Nexties to take care of themselves and their families so they can be their best, in and out of the office.

Our compensation packages are tailored to each role and candidate's qualifications. We consider a wide range of factors, including skills, experience, training, and certifications, when determining compensation. We aim to offer competitive salaries or wages that reflect the value you bring to our team. Depending on the position, compensation may include base salary and/or hourly wages, incentives, or bonuses.

• Health 🍏 - Multiple health plan options to suit your needs, including medical, dental, vision, and telemedicine coverage
• Insurance 💼 - Life, disability, and supplemental indemnity plans
• Work-Life Balance ⚖️ - Flexible Time Off (FTO) for salaried employees, PTO for hourly employees, Paid Sick Time (PST), paid parental bonding leave, and paid holidays
• Financial Security 💰 - 401(k) with company match, Health Savings Accounts with company contributions, Dependent Care FSA
• Wellness 🤸‍ - Employee Assistance Program and comprehensive wellness initiatives
• Growth 🌱 - Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities and career advancement

At Nextiva, we're committed to supporting our employees' health, well-being, and professional growth. Join us and build a rewarding career!

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