Intern - AI Solutions Engineer

At Midland States Bank, base salary is one component of our Total Rewards program. Exact compensation is determined by factors such as (but not limited to) education, skills, internal equity, and experience. This position offers additional compensation in the form of short-term incentives (i.e. bonus and/or commission) and may include long-term incentives (i.e. stock awards).

Benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare, well‑being benefits, paid family leave as well as generous paid time off. Total Rewards also include banking perks, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K plan with company match and may include the opportunity to participate in our Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation plan. Incentives and benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.

Intern - AI Solutions Engineer St. Louis, MO, Effingham, IL, or Rockford, IL
Rate of Pay: $18 an hour

At Midland States Bank, we believe that when we can bring our whole selves to work each day, we become happier, more comfortable, more confident, and more excited to do great things for our customers, each other and our company.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affimative Action employer. At Midland, we recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

The AI Solutions Engineer Intern will support the AI team in prototyping, testing, and delivering practical artificial intelligence solutions that help safely embed AI into business workflows across the Bank.

• Own or meaningfully contribute to at least one production-focused AI project from idea through delivery.
• Assist with building AI agents and applications that support practical business use cases across the Bank.
• Connect enterprise data and systems through APIs, Model Context Protocol (MCP), or other integration methods as appropriate.
• Contribute to enhancements of the Midland AI platform and development of workflow automations.
• Test emerging AI models and capabilities and help measure solution adoption and business impact.
• Collaborate with AI and engineering team members and business partners across the Bank while applying appropriate governance, security, and testing practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Maintain compliance with all applicable regulations including, but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).

• Education/
  
  Experience:
  
  The internship will run for Summer of 2027 beginning mid-May and ending early August.
• Able to work a 40-hour work week, Monday-Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Must reside local to the St. Louis, MO, Effingham, IL, or Rockford, IL area and report to the assigned Midland office.
• Enrolled in a Computer Science, Engineering, Data/Analytics, Information Systems, or related degree program at a college or university with at least 2 years completed.
• Works well in team environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Teams.
• Demonstrates ability to learn and use new software and programs.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, technical curiosity, and some experience with software development or data.
• Ability to learn quickly, experiment, and turn ideas into working solutions.
• Experience with Python, APIs, SQL, cloud technologies, or GenAI tools is preferred.
• Exposure to large language models (LLMs), AI agents, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or application development is a plus.

• Business insight
• Cultivates innovation
• Drives results
• Makes sound decisions
• Being a brand champion
• Collaborates
• Communicates effectively
• Customer focus
• Being Authentic
• Emotional Intelligence
• Self-development
• Being…