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OCTO Technology

OCTO Technology

IT consulting, design, implementation, digital transformation

AI Engineer Intern

Internship
€1.5k/mo

+ Performance-based collective bonuses + Other bonuses

Master's
Île-de-France, France
Hybrid

Three to four days on-site per week required.

About the job

Requirements
  • You are preparing a BAC+5 degree and are seeking a final-year internship.
  • You are comfortable with Python.
  • You are motivated by topics combining AI agents, cybersecurity, and software engineering.
  • You have already developed a personal project involving AI.
  • You are curious, ambitious, and autonomous.
  • You are methodical and rigorous.
  • You are willing to develop skills across versatile topics.
Responsibilities
  • Identify existing standards and methods by reviewing and comparing frameworks such as OWASP and red-teaming and guardrail tools.
  • Experiment on a concrete use case by applying the standards and tools to validate their relevance and limitations.
  • Provide OCTO with perspective on the subject.
  • Develop the approach by proposing an operational playbook reusable for client engagements.
  • Explore integration into continuous-integration pipelines, including how these practices fit with continuous-integration and continuous-delivery pipelines.
  • Document deliverables and disseminate them internally.
  • Map business domains, cross-reference the OWASP Large Language Model Top 10 and Agentic Top 10, and prioritize attack scenarios.
  • Define blue-team and red-team roles, rituals, pilot use cases, and measurement protocols.
  • Benchmark Guardrails, Promptfoo, Garak, PyRIT, and NeMo Guardrails, and create a selection framework.
  • Design automated red teaming and auditing in pipelines, including non-regression thresholds and alerting.
  • Explore defense architectures involving guardrails, monitoring, a cut button, deterministic rules, and reusable patterns.
  • Formalize attack and test patterns and a framework covering OWASP, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework, and ISO 27001.
  • Present the work internally to the Data and AI community and make the playbook and framework available.

About the company

OCTO Technology provides IT consulting, design, and implementation services. It helps clients design and build IT systems and applications to transform their businesses, focusing on technology, methodology, and understanding business challenges. The company works by offering advisory, design, and delivery work to create digital solutions, combining technical tools with process and sector expertise. It differentiates itself through its long-standing experience, strong consultant skills, and, after joining Accenture Digital, a broader range of technological and sector-specific capabilities to deliver complete digital transformation services. The goal is to develop comprehensive, unique digital transformation offerings for the French market and to help clients navigate complex technology changes across multiple regions.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Paris, France

Founded

1998

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What believers are saying

  • OCTO.com listed AI, cloud, software engineering, and design publications updated in 2026.
  • SmartRecruiters showed 36 France jobs on September 8, 2026, signaling continued demand.
  • Stage postings in Paris and Toulouse target agentic AI, security, and data platforms.

What critics are saying

  • Accenture absorbed OCTO in 2017; French differentiation erodes inside a global services machine.
  • Consulting margins compress as GenAI tooling commoditizes delivery and clients internalize architecture work.
  • A 2027 Accenture reorganization can dissolve OCTO’s brand into generic digital consulting.

What makes OCTO Technology unique

  • Accenture-owned OCTO pairs French engineering depth with Data & AI, Cloud, and Software Engineering.
  • Its 2026 blog posts show active thought leadership on GenAI delivery and Kubernetes.
  • Recruiting in September 2026 spans AI engineers, DevOps, and business consulting roles.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Meal Benefits

Professional Development Budget

Training Programs

Childcare Support

Profit Sharing

Performance Bonus

Employee Referral Bonus

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

4%

1 year growth

4%

2 year growth

5%
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