Intern, AI Security

Job Description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:   Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Participate in the evaluation of AI tools and services to identify basic security and compliance risks under the guidance of the Information Security team.
• Assist with documenting AI tool usage inventories, model risk assessments, and vendor evaluations.
• Support research efforts into AI-specific security risks (such as model poisoning, prompt injection, data leakage) and summarize key findings.
• Help update AI security and governance templates (e.g., AI Risk Assessment forms, AI usage guidelines).
• Attend team meetings and security awareness sessions focused on AI security topics.
• Complete a final presentation summarizing internship learnings and contributions.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• High School Diploma AND
• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, or a related field of study AND
• Ideal candidates are rising juniors, seniors, or Spring graduates OR
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Interest in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence safety.
• Basic understanding of cybersecurity concepts (risk management, data privacy).
• Curiosity to learn about AI technologies, models, and security challenges.
• Strong written communication, research, and organization skills.
• Self-driven, detail-oriented, and willing to ask questions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Observational and listening skills
• Self-motivation and excellent problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented and organizational skills
• Passionate about creating well-designed products for education
• Ability to listen effectively, respect others’ perspectives and contributions, and offer and accept constructive feedback
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency.
• Ability to clear required background check

Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level.  Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections.  Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

• We anticipate the salary range to be $22/hr.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This is a home-based position

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.  All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer. 

Job Type

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting stridecareers@k12.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.