NLP Engineer Intern

Join Alkem Laboratories in Port Blair as a NLP Engineer Intern. This entry-level internship is designed for students and recent graduates who learn best by building, shipping and getting real feedback on natural language processing work. About the role As a NLP Engineer Intern at Alkem Laboratories, your core focus will be building language models and text pipelines for real product problems. You are attached to a named mentor, join the team's stand-ups and reviews, and are trusted with work that matters rather than filler tasks. Questions are encouraged, your output is reviewed properly, and you get the feedback you need to actually improve. What you'll do day to day • Work on building language models and text pipelines for real product problems alongside the core team • Use Hugging Face Transformers, NLTK, spaCy, Sentiment Analysis, Text Mining on live, production-facing problems • Turn your work into clear documentation, notes or decks for reviewers • Take part in reviews and act on the feedback you receive • Collaborate across functions — engineering, product, design or business as the work demands • Follow the team's quality, testing and documentation standards • Track and report your own progress against an agreed plan Skills you'll build You will build practical, demonstrable experience in Hugging Face Transformers, NLTK, spaCy, Sentiment Analysis, Text Mining, Python, Tokenisation & Embeddings, Named Entity Recognition (NER), Model Fine-Tuning, Evaluation Metrics (F1 / BLEU) — the exact toolkit that separates a hireable fresher from a CV full of coursework. No prior work experience is required. Curiosity, problem-solving ability and a willingness to learn matter far more here than a polished résumé, and every one of these skills is taught on the job. Who should apply Students in their final year or recent graduates from B.E./B.Tech (CSE/IT), MCA, M.Sc (CS / Computational Linguistics) or M.Tech based in or willing to work from Port Blair. You should be willing to learn Hugging Face Transformers, NLTK, spaCy and able to communicate clearly in writing. Personal projects, coursework, certifications or open-source contributions strengthen your application, but none of them are mandatory. Internship details This is a 2-month internship in Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, with a stipend of ₹34,000 per month. You will be given a defined project so that you leave with an NLP pipeline running against live production text. Working hours follow the team's normal business hours and the internship includes a certificate on successful completion. You will finish this internship with practical, demonstrable skills, real project work to point at, and a much clearer sense of how the industry actually operates day to day. Strong performers are considered for a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) and a full-time role. How to apply Click Apply Now. If you are not logged in you will be asked to sign in and register first, after which you will be taken to Alkem Laboratories's official careers page to complete your application. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and seats are limited, so apply early. Responsibilities: Work on building language models and text pipelines for real product problems alongside the core team; Apply Hugging Face Transformers, NLTK, spaCy, Sentiment Analysis to live, production-facing problems; Document your work clearly for reviewers and stakeholders; Participate in reviews and act on the feedback you receive; Collaborate across engineering, product, design or business as required; Follow the team's quality, testing and documentation standards. Requirements: Pursuing or recently completed B.E./B.Tech (CSE/IT), MCA, M.Sc (CS / Computational Linguistics) or M.Tech — 2026 freshers & final-year students welcome; Working knowledge of Hugging Face Transformers, NLTK, spaCy (or a genuine willingness to learn them); Strong fundamentals in your discipline and clear problem-solving ability; Care with detail and the discipline to document your work; Clear written and verbal communication in English; Based in or willing to work from Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.