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2026 AI/ML Engineering Intern

Ann Arbor, MI

Company Background

Censys’ mission is to be the one place to understand everything on the internet. Frustrated by the lack of trustworthy Internet intelligence, we set out to create the industry’s most comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date map of the Internet. Today, Censys delivers real-time Internet intelligence and actionable threat insights to global governments, over 50% of the Fortune 500, and leading threat intelligence providers worldwide.

Job Title: AI/ML Software Engineering Intern 

Reporting to: Manager of Engineering 

At Censys, our mission is to bring internet visibility and intelligence to the world’s security teams. Our platform not only identifies potential threats, but provides actionable insights and enables proactive defense strategies. Founded by researchers and practitioners, we are deeply committed to the quality, trustworthiness, and transparency of our data and results. As our own strongest critics, we continuously innovate to better understand the Internet and empower our customers with the visibility they need to succeed.

Censys ingests millions of certificates and billions of network handshakes daily and exposes this data to customers to help them secure their organization by understanding their network attack surface. We’re a series-C scale-up with midwestern roots and a brilliant academia-backed founding team. We’re looking for a high-energy, action-oriented person who is interested in helping build a product and culture that we’re proud of for years to come.

We’re excited to launch our 2026 Summer Internship search and are looking for AI/ML-focused Software Engineering Interns to join our team.

We’re looking for driven, curious engineers eager to take on real challenges and make an impact from day one. At Censys, we want interns who take initiative, thrive in fast-moving environments and are excited about cybersecurity. In this internship, you'll work on real-world projects that contribute directly to our product and roadmap. This is a unique opportunity to build, learn, and innovate alongside experienced engineers in a cutting-edge cybersecurity company. If you're ready to take ownership, collaborate, and grow, we’d love to hear from you.

With AI/ML as the core focus of our internship program this year, you’ll work on projects that explore machine learning, automation, and generative AI to improve security insights and enhance user experience.

Here's a glimpse into some of the types of things you’ll work on this summer:

  • Enhance data visualization using AI/ML to recommend the most relevant chart types based on user data
  • Improve search experiences by integrating AI-driven suggestions and contextual understanding
  • Leverage AI for intelligent recommendations, such as surfacing relevant queries or insights within datasets
  • Automate report generation with AI-powered summaries, visualizations, and key takeaways
  • Develop explainability tools to help users understand and interpret machine learning models through intuitive visualizations
  • Pitch and explore your own AI-driven ideas—we encourage innovation!

Skills you might have: 

  • Python Programming (with AI/ML Libraries)/strong grasp of Python fundamentals
  • Experience with libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn, Pandas, NumPy
  • Ability to write clean, modular code for data processing and model development
  • Machine Learning fundamentals (understanding of supervised and unsupervised learning, feature engineering, and evaluation metrics)
  • Exposure to NLP or generative AI techniques (LLMs, embeddings, transformers) since projects involve contextual search, recommendations, and AI-powered summarization
  • Data Handling & Visualization (experience working with large datasets (cleaning, normalizing, sampling, querying)
  • Familiarity with visualization tools like Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, or Vega-Lite
  • Comfort in building dashboards or tools that explain ML results (model interpretability/explainability)
  • Software Engineering Practices (experience with Git/GitHub, unit testing, and code reviews)
  • Comfort with APIs and microservices to integrate AI/ML features into production systems
  • Knowledge of containerization (Docker) or cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) is a plus
  • Bonus: Cybersecurity Interest & Domain Awareness (while not required, familiarity with networking concepts, security data, or anomaly detection can help contextualize your AI/ML work with us) 

Why you should consider Censys for your internship:

  • Real-world AI/ML projects with direct product impact
  • Mentorship from senior engineers and leadership
  • Immersive early-stage cybersecurity startup experience
  • Competitive pay + remote/housing stipend
  • Over 95% of our interns return or join full-time after graduation

Location: This position can be located remotely or in our Ann Arbor Office for the duration of the internship, with the requirement to be in Ann Arbor for one week during onboarding and one week at the conclusion of the internship. 

For high cost of living areas, the salary for this internship is $52/hour. For all other areas or if located in Ann Arbor for the duration of the internship, the salary will be $46/hour. 

Censys is an equal opportunity employer.

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