AI Engineering Associate

About the job Many of the world’s most transformative companies began as small teams with bold ideas that reshaped entire industries. We believe we’re at that same moment today, with the chance to build something that can change how people work and connect. Our startup is creating a Human-Agent Organization —a proactive AI agent that works alongside people, understands workflows, and makes decisions that move businesses forward. We’re focused on retail and e-commerce, a $7.5 trillion North American industry ready for reinvention. Be Part of Building the Future of AI. This isn't just another full-time internship. It's your chance to say: "I was there when it all began." As a final year computer science student at our startup, you won’t just ‘do tasks.’ You’ll join a team building AI agent technology that could be as transformative. Why This Internship Could Change Your Career We’re looking for ambitious final-year students who want more than an internship- an opportunity to grow into a long-term AI engineer role. Work directly with founders and engineers to build Agentic AI systems, solve real customer problems, and shape the future of AI-powered businesses. Our Culture and What You'll Gain We move fast, build boldly, and work in sprints to turn ideas into impact. You'll grow quickly, sharpen your skills, and be empowered to become a core member of our team. We foster a dynamic, fun, and inclusive community where creativity and collaboration thrive-your voice will always be valued, respected, and heard. Here is the url-https://customermaps.co Job Requirements: Who You Are You're a bold, ambitious thinker who thrives in fast-paced, hands-on environments. You don't just solve problems, but you build, test, and iterate quickly to turn ideas into real impact. You take ownership, move with urgency, and embrace challenges as opportunities to learn and grow. Builder Mindset: You love creating, experimenting, and shipping solutions that work in the real world. Sprint-Focused & Agile: You adapt quickly, thrive under changing priorities, and accelerate progress through focused, short cycles. Results-Oriented: You deliver high-quality work with discipline, persistence, and measurable impact. Curious & Fast Learner: You're excited to pick up new skills, explore cutting-edge tech, and push boundaries. User-Centered & Detail-Oriented: You care deeply about quality, usability, and making a difference for real people. Job Summary Join us to build smart AI agents that make shopping easier, faster, and more personal. You'll work with real data, cutting-edge AI tools, and a fast-moving team to create technology that changes how people shop online. Key Responsibilities-You will build vertical, role-specific AI agents that operate like real team members (data analyst, merchandiser, growth operator). This is a full stack + agentic engineering role. • Build Production-Grade AI Agents: Design agents using MCP, multi-agent architectures workflow. • End-to-End System Ownership: From UI → APIs → agent logic → ML → deployment • Deep Integrations: Shopify, GA4, CRM, inventory, ads, data pipelines and legacy system • Agent Performance & Scale: Optimize latency, accuracy, cost, and reliability in production • DevOps & Deployment: Dockerized services, monitoring, logging, CI/CD, scalable infra • Agent Systems: MCP development, multi-agent workflows, prompt design & Agent architecture • Front and Backend: Python, FastAPI, APIs, Docker & Devops, Security fundamentals • Customer Impact: Deploy with real customers, show measurable business outcomes Flexible Placements: We offer long term internship durations, with an initial 8-month term that can extend to 12 months based on student learning, AI product building contribution, and the responsibilities you take on. Location: Students are expected to work from Calgary downtown office Mon to Friday (30-35hr/week), with 5 days in office. Working together sparks ideas and faster execution. Compensation: Interns will receive compensation starting at CAD $16/hour, (follow Alberta Standard). Your reward is gaining hands-on experience building real-world AI products and growing as future leader and key team-member in the organization. Final-year Canadian students and permanent residents who want to build real AI products, learn fast, and grow into future leaders within our organization are invited to apply.

The role involves building production-grade, role-specific AI agents and managing end-to-end system ownership from UI to deployment. Key tasks include integrating AI agents with platforms like Shopify and GA4 while optimizing for latency, accuracy, and scale.

Applicants must be final-year computer science students or permanent residents in Canada with a builder mindset and ability to work in agile sprints. Proficiency in Python, FastAPI, and Docker is required to develop agentic AI systems.

• CI/CDPreferred
• DockerPreferred
• PythonPreferred

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• Agentic AI
• Python
• FastAPI
• Docker
• DevOps
• Multi-agent Architectures
• Prompt Design
• API Development
• Shopify Integration
• GA4
• CRM Integration
• CI/CD
• Full Stack Engineering
• ML Deployment
• MCP Development

• Software
• Technology
• Engineering
• Data & Analytics
• Retail

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

0+ years

Apply by

Sep 5, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

35 hours per week

Seniority

Entry level

Application method

Direct apply is available