CTO Advisory Internship – Coding with AI, New Frontiers of Development for Businesses

About the job

Company Description

Join an international consulting firm that supports major strategic transformations.

We are Wavestone: passionate and solution-oriented experts who place people at the heart of performance and growth. Ambitious and rapidly expanding, we continuously develop our portfolio of clients and projects, with an international reach and a genuine desire to generate a positive impact.

Are you a true team player, driven by strong values? Are you curious and determined, eager to learn every day? Are you the type to take on challenges without hesitation? Then you are in the right place. Join Wavestone and express your potential in a stimulating and collaborative environment, where today’s challenges are transformed into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Job Description

Businesses and individuals are profoundly affected by the revolution of artificial intelligence, particularly generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), which offers a unique content creation capability.
Its capabilities have quickly extended to code generation, significantly optimising software development time. From personal use to enterprise products, AI is now present in a large part of developers’ activities.
Just like other creative professions (notably artistic ones), the developer’s role is radically impacted by the rise of these technologies.
Thus, this internship aims to provide answers to the following issue:
Artificial intelligence in software development: what opportunities for businesses?

Study Phase

Attached to Wavestone’s Swiss office, the internship’s objective is to study use cases and impacts of AI-based features, specifically generative AI, regarding developers’ activities in companies.

Preparatory Work:

The start of the internship will be marked by a scoping note aimed at precisely defining the study’s boundaries and research problem(s), based on Wavestone’s existing market and subject knowledge. Additionally, the scoping note aims to align Wavestone’s expectations with the internship deliverable(s).

We offer an internship structured around the following objectives:

1. Study of AI use cases in development activities:

• Identification of use cases and typology of AI features offered to developers; code generation, code review and optimisation, vulnerability identification, solution design, …

1. Study of expected gains, impacts and risks associated with using AI services in companies:

• Determine metrics to measure expected gains and prioritise AI use cases serving development according to these metrics

• Identify risks related to the nature of AI services (e.g., data leakage, intellectual property, backdoor on internal network, …)

• Identify risks related to the nature of activities performed by AI (e.g., algorithmic under-optimisation, side effects (unexpected behaviour), loss of control/technical knowledge of developed solutions, maintenance and scalability, …)

• Identify impacts related to the transformation of activities and roles within the company (e.g., modification of developer activities, transformation of teams and operational model, …)

1. Design solutions and best practices regarding the adoption of AI services in software development activities:

• Based on the inventory of use cases and risks, determine a prioritisation of use case adoption for the company and measures to mitigate risks and transformation impacts

1. Evaluate the designed solutions and best practices against market and company realities:

• Thanks to knowledge of the various environments of Wavestone’s clients, determine market trends, expected and measured results. Evaluate these empirical data with the solutions and best practices designed in the previous objective.

1. Contributions to the consulting firm

As an intern consultant, you will also be involved in operational missions for our clients.

We also offer you the opportunity to actively participate in the firm’s internal life through:

• Support for the development of our CTO Advisory expertise: contribution to prospecting actions and preparation of commercial proposals

• Production of actor radars aimed at better understanding responsible digital actors

• Creation of materials to raise awareness and initiate other firm employees to responsible digital concepts

• Participation in company events: afterworks, recreational activities and organised outings, meetings with market players, etc.

Qualifications

You are looking for a final-year internship in a consulting firm. You have excellent interpersonal skills, enjoy teamwork, and have a strong sense of quality. You know how to combine analysis and synthesis and be a source of proposals.

If your goal is to be considered a full-fledged team member: eager to be part of an ambitious company project, keen to put your talent and enthusiasm to good use in a company where you can quickly take on responsibilities and gain a rich experience, then give yourself the chance to join our teams and apply!

Additional Information

All our positions are open to people with disabilities.