About The/Nudge Institute
https://www.thenudge.org/ is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals, and youth across rural development, agriculture, skilling, and economic inclusion, in partnership with 15+ central and state governments.
Our economic inclusion journey towards serving 25 million Indians spans 10 states and currently reaches over 1.5 million people. Through our incubator, accelerator, and grand challenges, we have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs, including Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees, Earthshot Prize winners, and nationally recognized changemakers.
Founded with the support of 130+ eminent philanthropists, 40+ corporates, and 15+ foundations, The/Nudge is working towards a poverty-free India, within our lifetime.
About this Role
The/Nudge is looking for an AI Product Engineer to help accelerate our journey towards becoming an AI-proficient organization. This position will focus on exploring, designing, and building AI-driven products, internal prototypes, and automation tools. The intern will work closely with the program, strategy & operations teams to identify workflows that can be optimized using AI, develop intelligent solutions, and help cultivate an AI-first mindset across the organization to improve our program delivery and scale.
What will you do?
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Collaborate with various internal teams to understand operational workflows and identify opportunities for AI integration, product building, or automation.
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Design, prototype, and develop AI-powered tools, custom chatbots, or internal applications using LLM APIs, prompt engineering, or low-code/no-code AI automation platforms.
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Help build AI solutions that can support smart data analysis, automated report generation, and efficient knowledge management across our programs.
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Conduct research on emerging AI technologies, AI-first solutions, and frameworks relevant to the Institute.
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Assist in training and upskilling team members on adopting everyday AI tools to enhance overall organizational AI proficiency.
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Document product building processes, system architectures, and technical learnings for future scale-up.
Who are we looking for in this role?
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Pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or a related field (passionate self-taught developers are also welcome to apply).
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0-2 years of hands-on experience in building AI/ML applications, integrating APIs and managing vector databases.
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Proficiency in Python and familiarity with automation workflows (LangChain, Make.com, n8n).
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Strong analytical, problem-solving, and prototyping skills with a keen interest in product development.
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Ability to multi-task, act as a good team player, and clearly communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
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Proactive mindset with a strong interest in system strengthening, process improvement, and automation.
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A strong alignment with our mission to leverage technology for large-scale social impact.
What’s in it for you?
Own your growth: An impact-led learning environment encourages Nudgesters to invest in their learning and capacity building needs through initiatives and policies, including L&D wallet, individual development plan and internal role change opportunities.
Find your tribe: Our hiring philosophy emphasises intent, attitude, smarts and skills, in that order, to build a cohesive environment for Nudgesters. The organisation is committed to curating people-centric policies, enhancing how employees experience life at The/Nudge.
Take big bets: Organisational initiatives are intended to facilitate Nudgesters with a view to the big picture, illustrated by our impact across 50000+ households, 15+ governments, 200+ social enterprises and Charcha: India’s largest social sector convening forum.
Make it happen: A product-based approach in an action-biased environment empowers Nudgesters to implement audacious plans. Driven to fail fast, we endeavour to optimise resources in favour of programs that align with our scale ambition.
You can learn more about what we do and how we do it through this https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19YCtW-5T4fG-jMHR88fli0pa3Hc7oBZdJjeJ_BGIQbI/edit?usp=sharing.
We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organisation and encourage qualified individuals irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity, to apply.
