Intern - Data Scientist

Details

Are you ready to shape the future of banking? As a GenAI Chatbot Security Research Intern at ING Bank, you will investigate vulnerabilities such as prompt injection, jailbreak techniques, model manipulation, and other emerging threats in GenAI models that power customer-facing chatbots. This internship sits at the intersection of AI innovation and financial security and focuses on safeguarding conversational banking experiences.

Team

The role is part of the Chatbot team, which includes domain experts, data analysts and machine learning engineers. The team’s objective is to increase chatbot helpfulness and improve customer experience across channels.

Responsibilities

• Research emerging security threats to GenAI chatbots, with a focus on prompt injection, jailbreak tactics, model manipulation, and adversarial inputs.
• Design and execute experiments to evaluate how GenAI models behave under different attack vectors.
• Develop methodologies and testing frameworks to systematically detect and measure model vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with engineers and security experts to translate research insights into actionable improvements for the chatbot platform.
• Propose mitigation strategies that protect customers and safeguard conversational banking integrity.
• Communicate findings in technical documentation and presentations to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Current student (Bachelor or Master) in a related study: Econometrics, Statistics, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science or a related field.
• Curious, eager to learn, and able to take on responsibility.
• Strong self-reflection and follow-up; ability to propose creative improvements.
• Fluent in English.
• Mandatory enrolment at a Dutch university (or EU-university for EU passport holders) for the duration of the internship.

Rewards and Benefits

• Internship allowance of 700 EUR based on a 36 hours work week.
• Your own work laptop.
• Hybrid working model: a mix of home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation.
• Personal growth opportunities and challenging work.
• Informal working environment with innovative colleagues.

How to apply / Additional information

• Contact the recruiter attached to the advertisement for questions, or upload your CV and motivation letter via the Apply button.
• Many former interns move into permanent roles or the International Talent Programme, though no guarantees are given.
• For this role, contact Bas Heemskerk (Product Lead and hiring manager) for specific questions related to Customer Journey Expert within the ACNL area if relevant.