AI Agent Developer/Engineer Intern, Accion Advisory

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 nontechnical 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.

Accion is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace culture. Accion seeks qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, change of sex or transgender status, or any other basis protected by law. Accion is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities.