What started with a shared love of food and technology has evolved to become the only neutral, cross-brand platform that seamlessly brings appliances, home cooks, and recipes together–Fresco's KitchenOS.

Smart kitchen appliance users are expected to reach 248 million worldwide by 2027. The Fresco KitchenOS platform is designed to facilitate the transition to that future for both appliance makers and home cooks. Fresco connects any compatible appliance, across brands so that users can focus on what they do best, preparing meals and are committed to building the best possible cooking experience.

From iPads and smart speakers to appliance screens and smart home assistants, Fresco delivers an effortless cooking experience and connects dots in the kitchen. Fresco partners with the appliance makers like BOSCH, Kenwood, Instant Brands, GE Appliances, Electrolux, LG, Thermomix and Panasonic and are growing fast.

Founded in 2012, Fresco currently operates globally and has offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Spain.

About The Role

We are looking for aspiring engineers who want to be part of building the future of the smart kitchen. In this internship, you will go deep with our cross-functional AI team, learning about the developing state-of-the-art AI capabilities in the Fresco Kitchen OS platform. You will work on microservice APIs and a cloud AI stack including systems for training and serving Generative AI.

This internship is perfect for anyone with an interest in AI and ML Engineering and a love of food and cooking, who wants to be part of a pioneering product built on a brand new platform using best in class technology,

Interviews will be conducted in November with a start date of February/March 2024. This is a 6 month paid internship which will be based out of our Dublin office.

What You'll Work On

• MicroServices and Domain Driven Architectures
• Ai Modelling - Generative AI, Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Graphs
• AWS Cloud Platform Infrastructure (Serverless, Gateway, Sagemaker)
• Infrastructure-as-Code
• SDLC & Continuous Delivery Infrastructure.
• Restful API designs
  
  

By the end of this internship, you will understand end-to-end AI Training Systems and AI Inference Services, Cloud-based ML Infrastructure and microservice patterns. You will work on structured and unstructured data and be part of a team applying a mix of cutting edge ML techniques to solve deep domain problems for systems working with recipes in the connected kitchen. You will also work in emerging methodologies and approaches for working with semistructured data at scale.

What You Bring To The Table

Attitude is the most important attribute in candidates for this role. We are looking for people who live our values, so you will:

• Have a bias to action.
• Care deeply about customer experience.
• Foster mutual trust and respect.
• Think big, start small.
• Be effective, not busy.
• Share your views, listen to others.
• Prioritise ruthlessly.
• Make food more.
  
  

On the technical side, you will be a great candidate if you have:

• A passion for Applying AI for solving real-world problems
• A hunger to learn about scalable robust engineering practices for AI
• A love of clean, well tested code and a data-driven mindset
• A love of learning, moving fast and challenging yourself
  
  

What You'll Get.

• Dedicated mentorship from industry leading engineers and applied scientists
• The chance to work at a hyper-growth, venture-backed startup in a budding industry
• The ability to feel true purpose in your work and generate success on a global platform - you will be doing real work with real impact
• State of the art equipment
• Weekly in office activities
  
  

What's it like working at Fresco?

We get a lot done by prioritising well and being effective instead of busy. We care deeply about our customers and the product experiences we provide. We treat each other with respect, speak our minds, and always listen to each other—regardless of function or seniority. We are authentic, humble, and most importantly, trust each other to do a great job.

When we aren't working, you'll find us on company retreats, cooking for each other, singing in punk bands, climbing mountains, or playing video games - we are an eclectic bunch, but we share a passion for food and cooking.

We offer a competitive compensation package, equity, healthcare, a hybrid working model, and much more.

Like with any good meal, a career at Fresco is both rich and rewarding, with many opportunities and room for growth. If you're ready to serve up your best work at Fresco, get in touch!

What You'll Get.

• The chance to work at a hyper-growth, venture-backed startup in a budding industry
• The ability to feel true purpose in your work and generate success on a global platform
• Competitive compensation
• Meaningful share options as part of our Employee Share Option Scheme
• €1000 per year to level up your skills–courses, conferences, books, screencasts, or whatever challenges you
• A flexible, hybrid work model to suit your needs
• The opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 1 month per year
  
  

Just like the ingredients in our kitchen, we believe that diversity of ideas is what makes the workplace great. Fresco is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates from a range of national, ethnic, or cultural groups. This job description works as a guide for the caliber of person we need, but we also understand that skills are transferable. If you are an exceptional candidate with mismatching experience, please apply and explain why you would be a great fit for Fresco.