AI Engineer Apprentice

About the Role

StartupHakk is offering a paid, remote, 1-year apprenticeship program for former U.S. Military Veterans residing in Utah and Idaho. This program provides a path to launch a career as an AI Engineer, focusing on modern full-stack web development and AI integration.

Opportunity Paths

• Launch Your Career: Exit the program as a certified AI-focused Fullstack Engineer with 1 year of real-world experience building AI-powered applications.
• Continue Growing With Us: Exceptional talent will be rehired for increasingly complex AI and full-stack projects.
• Code Your Own Future: Develop skills to build your own AI-powered apps.

Key Responsibilities & Learning

Contribute to the full software development lifecycle—designing, developing, testing, and maintaining applications—while specializing in AI:

• Analyze requirements and design systems that incorporate AI capabilities.
• Write clean, documented code and perform unit testing.
• Implement, support, and secure applications that use AI.
• Build AI features into web applications (e.g., chat interfaces, intelligent search, content generation, recommendation systems).
• Run and experiment with open-source AI models on local hardware.
• Integrate AI services and local models into production-ready full-stack applications.

Structured technical instruction includes:

• Web development foundations (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap)
• Core programming with Microsoft C# .NET
• Front-end development with React.js
• Database fundamentals (SQL)
• Cloud platforms
• DevOps practices
• AI Engineering focus: Prompt engineering, working with LLMs, integrating AI APIs, running open-source models locally, building AI features into applications, and practical patterns for AI-powered software.

Key Details

• Role Type: Remote Full-time
• Eligible Locations: Utah & Idaho Residents Only
• Program Duration: 1 year (2,000 On-the-Job Learning hours + 144 Related Instruction hours)
• Probationary Period: 480 hours (3 months)
• Progressive Wage:
• 1st 1,000 hours: $7.25/hr
• 2nd 1,000 hours: $10.00/hr

Who We’re Looking For

• Former U.S. Military Veterans or Transitioning Service Members
• Residents of Utah or Idaho
• 18 years of age or older
• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Strong passion for technology, problem-solving, continuous learning, and building with AI
• Eligible to work in the U.S.
• Access to a reliable, high-speed internet connection

Why StartupHakk?

• Earn while you learn in a supportive, hands-on environment designed to help veterans transition into tech.
• Gain a nationally recognized credential upon successful completion.
• Work on real-world projects with experienced mentors.
• Learn high-demand full-stack skills plus practical AI engineering.