Our Vision:

Be the best at what we do.

Our Mission:

Improve lives through technology.

Summary:

"Customer Inspired" isn't our slogan — it's our driving force, and C Spire team members live it. We aim to engage the exceptional and embrace operational excellence to best deliver connectivity and technology solutions that advance our communities and customers' lives. It's a challenging goal, but we have a winning team that is looking to grow. As an Artificial Intelligence Intern, you will work alongside our AI team to explore, build, test, and improve practical AI-powered solutions that solve real business problems. You will gain hands-on experience applying artificial intelligence, large language models, automation, and modern development tools in a real telecommunications and technology environment. You will work with team members and business partners to understand workflows, identify opportunities for AI, develop prototypes, and evaluate solutions based on real-world results. This position is for a Summer Internship in 2026, located at our Corporate Office in Ridgeland, MS.

Responsibilities:

What You Will Do In all of your duties, you will have a relentless, obsessive, yet disciplined approach to manage all details to perfection and deliver desired results. Work alongside AI engineers and business teams to understand workflows, identify pain points, and explore opportunities where AI can provide meaningful value. Assist in designing, building, testing, and improving AI- and large language model-powered applications, features, agents, and workflow automations. Develop prototypes and proofs of concept to help evaluate business value and technical feasibility. Test AI solutions using real feedback and performance data and help identify opportunities for improvement. Support automation initiatives designed to reduce repetitive work, improve accuracy, and increase efficiency. Gain hands-on experience with technologies such as Python, APIs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, prompt engineering, and other modern AI development tools . Assist with building reusable AI components, integrations, prompts, tools, and capabilities that can be applied across the organization. Research emerging AI technologies and help evaluate how they could be applied to C Spire business needs. Document requirements, testing results, technical decisions, and lessons learned throughout projects. Collaborate in a fast-paced team environment and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical team members. Participate in C Spire's summer internship programming, including networking, professional development, team activities, and other intern experiences. This internship provides an opportunity to move beyond classroom concepts and gain real-world experience building and delivering AI solutions while learning from professionals working at the forefront of AI and technology.

Qualifications:

What You Will Do In all of your duties, you will have a relentless, obsessive, yet disciplined approach to manage all details to perfection and deliver desired results. Work alongside AI engineers and business teams to understand workflows, identify pain points, and explore opportunities where AI can provide meaningful value. Assist in designing, building, testing, and improving AI- and large language model-powered applications, features, agents, and workflow automations. Develop prototypes and proofs of concept to help evaluate business value and technical feasibility. Test AI solutions using real feedback and performance data and help identify opportunities for improvement. Support automation initiatives designed to reduce repetitive work, improve accuracy, and increase efficiency. Gain hands-on experience with technologies such as Python, APIs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, prompt engineering, and other modern AI development tools . Assist with building reusable AI components, integrations, prompts, tools, and capabilities that can be applied across the organization. Research emerging AI technologies and help evaluate how they could be applied to C Spire business needs. Document requirements, testing results, technical decisions, and lessons learned throughout projects. Collaborate in a fast-paced team environment and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical team members. Participate in C Spire's summer internship programming, including networking, professional development, team activities, and other intern experiences. This internship provides an opportunity to move beyond classroom concepts and gain real-world experience building and delivering AI solutions while learning from professionals working at the forefront of AI and technology. If you want to work hard, achieve a lot, and make a difference, then C Spire is the place for you.