AI Agent Developer/Engineer - Intern

Job Description

About Accion

Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people who are failed by the global financial system. We develop and scale responsible digital financial solutions for small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women, so they can make informed decisions and improve their lives. Through targeted investment strategies, advisory, and expert thought leadership, we work with local partners to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions. Since 1961, Accion has helped build more than 235 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching more than 350 million people. More at http://www.accion.org

About Accion Advisory

Our Accion Advisory Team is a diverse and close-knit global team with one common social purpose: building a financially inclusive world for small businesses and low-income households. We are passionate about what we do – working with a wide range of financial service providers and other partners across Africa, Asia, and Latin America to build sustainable businesses to achieve financial inclusion. We enjoy solving problems, being exposed to new ideas, sharing information, and asking, “what if?” Our core expertise is advanced and supported by our Practice Areas which include customer capability building, data management & analytics, operations & technology, people & culture, product development, and risk management.

Position Summary

The Accion Advisory team is seeking an intern to support our internal AI project focused on strengthening our delivery excellence, execution quality and knowledge sharing through the development of internal AI tools and agents. This intern will work on AI solutions that help our team more effectively synthesize insights, standardize delivery, access knowledge, and improve internal workflows- supporting consistency, quality and speed across projects.

Position Responsibilities

Under the guidance of the Vice President, People Strategy, Accion Advisory and in collaboration with the Global Technology team, this role will support the following:

• Supporting the development and execution of internal AI use cases tied to:
  • Knowledge capture and retrieval
  • Research synthesis and insight generation
  • Delivery playbooks, templates, and execution models
  • Internal workflow efficiency and quality control
• Designing and prototyping internal AI tools and agents that support Advisory delivery excellence (e.g., research assistants, internal knowledge agents, delivery support tools)
• Assisting with data preparation, structuring, and basic pipelines for internal experimentation
• Translating Advisory team needs into clear technical and functional requirements
• Testing and refining AI tools to ensure they are usable, reliable, and valuable for non‑technical users
• Creating clear documentation, demos, and internal guidance to support adoption and knowledge sharing
• Researching emerging AI tools and best practices relevant to knowledge management, execution quality, and responsible AI use

Learning Opportunity

• Hands-on experience building internal AI tools that support delivery excellence and knowledge sharing.
• Exposure to how AI is used to standardize, scale and improve Advisory delivery
• Mentorship from technical team members
• Insights into responsible AI practices in a mission driven organization.

Position Qualifications

• Current undergraduate student in Data Engineering or a related field
• Foundational data or machine learning concepts
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Interest in how teams work and deliver
• Ability to clearly articulate problems and solutions to a wide audience
• Exposure to AI agents, LLMs, prompt engineering or automation workflows
• Experience with APIs, notebooks, or cloud-based tools
• Interest in knowledge systems, internal tooling or delivery operations
• Willingness to embody Accion’s values of Excellence, Respect and Passion for Social Change.

Period of internship: June – August 2026, dates flexible.

Compensation:

• Hourly rate: $25.00
• The above salary serves as a general guideline. Accion considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate’s experience, education, training, skills, location, current market conditions as well as internal pay alignment
• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States. Accion is not sponsoring applicants for work visas at this time.

Disclaimer: Applications will be received until this position is filled

About the Organization

HISTORY ACCION International was founded in 1961 to address the desperate poverty in Latin America's cities. Begun as a student-run volunteer effort in the shantytowns of Caracas, ACCION today is one of the premier microfinance organizations in the world, with a network of lending partners that spans Latin America, the United States and Africa. Over the last four decades, ACCION has built a tradition of developing innovative solutions to poverty. Though ACCION's approach has changed over the years, the driving force behind our mission remains the same. It is still the people we serve - the women and men of our impoverished communities - who shape our work. It is their courage and ingenuity, and the tremendous power of their dreams that continues to inspire us and to renew our dedication to the search for new and better solutions to poverty. MISSION The mission of ACCION International is to give people the tools they need to work their way out of poverty. By providing "micro" loans and business training to poor women and men who start their own businesses, ACCION's partner lending organizations help people work their own way up the economic ladder, with dignity and pride. With capital, people can grow their own businesses. They can earn enough to afford basics like running water, better food and schooling for their children. In a world where three billion people live on less than $2 a day, it is not enough to help 1,000 or even 100,000 individuals. Our goal is to bring microfinance to tens of millions of people - enough to truly change the world. We know that there will never be enough donations to do this. That's why ACCION has created an anti-poverty strategy that is permanent and self-sustaining.