Location:
Kortrijk, BE
We are looking for an intern to improve engineering productivity across the software development lifecycle by combining agentic AI and practical automation.
You will work on real pain points the team experiences every day:
Manually orchestrating different perspectives (product owner, architect, developer, QA) during story refinement
Long feedback loops caused by full builds, expensive test runs, and change propagation across multiple repositories
Recurring manual release verification steps that could be automated
The goal is not a demo or proof-of-concept. We want working solutions the team can actually adopt and continue using after your internship ends, with measurable impact on story quality, feedback speed, or release confidence.
You will have significant autonomy to shape the direction (agentic AI for refinement, release/build/test acceleration, or a combination of both), choose your tools and architecture, and validate your ideas with real users and real workflows.
Key Responsibilities
Needs analysis — Map the current Jira workflow and release process. Identify where agentic AI or automation can deliver the highest practical value.
Agent design & integration (primary track option) — Design a multi-agent system in which specialized agents (analyst, architect, developer, QA, etc.) collaborate to refine Jira stories, challenge scope, enrich acceptance criteria, surface risks, and provide implementation guidance. Integrate the pipeline with Jira so it can read stories, post enriched content, and assist during refinement and sprint planning.
Release & validation acceleration (primary track option) — Analyze build and validation bottlenecks across repositories. Investigate incremental builds, change-impact analysis, selective test execution, dependency-aware pipelines, and smarter validation stages (pre-check component integration full release). Design and implement tooling that reduces unnecessary work and manual change propagation.
Test automation — Convert high-value repetitive manual test plans into reliable automated checks.
Measurement & adoption — Define success metrics, measure before/after impact on real stories or release cycles, gather team feedback, document the solution, and help the team adopt what you build.
You are free to choose frameworks, languages, and architecture. What matters is that the result works, integrates cleanly, is maintainable, and is something the team wants to keep using.
Example Directions You Could Explore
Multi-agent refinement of a raw Jira story into structured requirements, acceptance criteria, risk flags, and implementation hints
Triggering only the builds and tests affected by a given change
Automatically determining which repositories need follow-up validation after a change
Reducing the number of manual pull requests required to propagate changes through the stack
Automating recurring release verification steps that are currently done by hand
Dashboards or reports that show release readiness and bottlenecks
Qualifications
Eligible to work in Kortrijk, Belgium
Available for a minimum of 6 months
Student in Computer Science, AI, Software Engineering, or a related field
Strong programming skills (Python or TypeScript preferred)
Solid understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, and multi-agent concepts or strong interest in developer productivity, CI/CD, and automation
Comfortable working with APIs and integrating third-party tools
Fluent English (spoken and written) is a must
Nice to have:
Hands-on experience with AI agent frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, or similar)
Familiarity with Jira / Atlassian APIs
Experience with test automation, CI systems, or release engineering
Exposure to multi-repository development or C++
Experience with software development workflows (agile, scrum, story refinement)
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