Purpose:
Join Citadel Aviation’s IT development team as an AI-Augmented Software Developer Intern and help shape how modern aviation MRO software gets built. This internship puts you at the intersection of software engineering and AI-augmented development, where agentic CLI-based AI coding tools (such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, or equivalent) are a core part of the daily workflow. You’ll contribute to full-stack application development, data integration work, and internal tooling that supports a growing multi-site aviation business. You’ll develop real skills in prompt engineering, AI-assisted code review, and critically evaluating AI-generated code against real business requirements. By the end of your internship, you will have shipped working features, presented your projects to leadership, and developed a practical understanding of what it means to build software in an AI-augmented development organization.
Essential Job Functions:
- AI-Augmented Development: Use agentic CLI-based AI coding tools (such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, or equivalent) as a daily part of the development workflow to design, build, and test application features.
- Full-Stack Application Development: Contribute to ongoing development across internal applications, including building user-facing features, working with data models and APIs, and supporting integrations between business systems.
- Prompt Engineering and AI Workflow Design: Learn to craft effective prompts, structure AI agent workflows, and build reusable patterns that make a development team more productive. Experiment with agentic coding tools and help document what works and what does not.
- Collaborative Development: Work alongside the development team on planning, building, reviewing, and shipping features, with AI tools integrated into day-to-day development practice.
- AI-Augmented Quality Assurance: Use AI assistants to help generate test cases, identify edge cases, and perform code review. Critically evaluate AI-generated output to ensure applications meet quality and correctness standards before release.
- Documentation and Knowledge Capture: Use AI tools to help produce clear, consistent documentation for code, modules, database changes, and developer-facing guides. Maintain context files and internal reference material so AI tools across the team can operate effectively on the codebase.
- Presentation and Demonstration: Prepare and present project updates and final deliverables to the IT team and executive leadership, including a demonstration of how AI tools were leveraged throughout the internship.
Minimum Qualifications or Experience:
- Actively pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Proficient in oral and written English, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly.
- Working knowledge of a programming language (such as C, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript) and version control with Git, including collaborative workflows such as pull requests and code reviews.
Preferred Qualifications or Experience:- Demonstrated ability to build real applications using agentic CLI-based AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, or equivalent.
- Exposure to a modern development stack such as C, .NET, JavaScript or TypeScript, React, Python, or SQL databases including PostgreSQL or SQL Server.
- Personal projects, a GitHub portfolio, open-source contributions, or coursework that demonstrates practical software development skills.
- Familiarity with prompt engineering concepts, agentic coding workflows, or MCP (Model Context Protocol) tooling.
- Awareness of how AI-built applications are integrated into enterprise networks, including authentication (SSO, OAuth), API security, data handling, and deployment considerations.
Supervisory Responsibilities:- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Knowledge, Skills, and Other Attributes:- Educational Background: Currently enrolled in a Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related program, preferably at a junior or senior college level.
- Technical Foundations:
- Working knowledge of at least one programming language such as C, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- Familiarity with version control (Git), web technologies, and relational databases.
- Comfort working across Windows development environments and Microsoft 365 tooling.
- AI Literacy: A working understanding of how large language models behave, their strengths and limitations, and the ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code rather than accept it at face value.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to break down complex problems, reason through solutions independently, and use AI tools effectively as part of the problem-solving process.
- Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts and AI-assisted decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Intellectual Curiosity: Genuine interest in AI tooling, emerging development practices, and aviation operations software, with a willingness to explore new approaches.
- Adaptability: Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment where AI tools and development practices evolve rapidly.
- Attention to Detail: Careful review of AI-generated code and documentation, with a strong eye for correctness, security, and maintainability.
- Teamwork Skills: Ability to work effectively within a small development team, share learnings about AI tools openly, and contribute to team objectives.
Travel:Minimal travel is expected for this position. Occasional travel between Citadel Aviation facilities (primarily Lake Charles, LA and Dallas, TX) may be required for project collaboration or on-site meetings.
Other Duties:Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Working Conditions:
This position is considered OFFICE WORK which is characterized as follows.
- Almost exclusively indoors during the day and occasionally at night
- Occasional exposure to airborne dust in the work place
- Work surface is stable (flat)