I keep seeing ML infrastructure jobs labeled “entry level” that actually require 5+ years of experience.

I checked the official employer pages and found three active roles with requirements that are genuinely closer to early career.

1) AppLovin — ML Infrastructure Engineer

• Location: Palo Alto, California
• Experience: 0–2 years
• Education: BS and/or MS in Computer Science
• Relevant skills: data structures, algorithms, C++, Python, or Go
• Focus: distributed systems and infrastructure supporting model training and serving
• California base-pay range: $124,000–$250,000
• The posting says its application window is expected to remain open for 30 days from the posting date

Official posting: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/applovin/jobs/4655740006

2) Astera Labs — Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer

• Location: San Jose, California
• Experience: 1–5 years
• Relevant skills: Python, AWS or GCP, inference deployment, observability, and production service ownership
• Focus: infrastructure for LLM applications, agents, model routing, telemetry, evaluations, and reliability
• Base-pay range: $140,000–$165,000

Official posting: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/asteralabs/jobs/4706340005

3) Goldman Sachs — Machine Learning Platform Associate

• Location shown: Jersey City, New Jersey
• Minimum experience: 2 years in backend, platform, or infrastructure software engineering
• Also requests: 2 years with Python or a similar backend language and 1 year supporting production ML systems
• Relevant skills: APIs, containers, Unix, cloud infrastructure, databases, testing, and debugging
• Focus: MLOps and production systems for deploying and monitoring ML and LLM workloads

Official posting: https://higher.gs.com/roles/171221

The common thread is that these are closer to backend and platform engineering than ML research. Experience with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, deployment, reliability, or backend services may be more relevant than training models from scratch.

Verified against the employers’ official career pages on July 22, 2026. “Verified” only means the pages were active and the details above appeared when checked; employers can change or close a position without notice.

What should the next verified roundup focus on: full-time new-grad SWE roles, internships, or jobs that state their sponsorship policy?

I’m trying a verification-first format for this subreddit: small batches of openings checked against official employer career pages, with the eligibility details people usually have to hunt for.

Verified July 21, 2026:

1) Hudson River Trading — Software Engineering Internship (C++ or Python), Summer 2027

• Eligibility: HRT labels this opportunity for 2028 graduates
• Technologies: C++ or Python
• Locations: HRT’s pages currently disagree. The role page lists Austin, Chicago, New York, and Singapore; the student overview lists NYC, London, Singapore, and Chicago. Confirm the available locations during application.
• Official posting

2) Hudson River Trading — Algorithm Development Internship, Summer 2027

• Eligibility: HRT labels this opportunity for 2028 graduates
• Focus: quantitative research, modeling, and software used in trading strategies
• Locations: the role page lists New York and Singapore; the student overview also lists London. Confirm during application.
• Official posting

3) Susquehanna — Trading System Engineering Internship, Summer 2027

• Location: Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia area)
• Program: 10 weeks, beginning June 2027
• Eligibility: enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s program in CS, computer engineering, mathematics, or a related STEM field
• Graduation timing: candidates should expect to begin full-time employment by August 2028
• Sponsorship: available
• Housing: provided
• Official posting

4) The Hartford — Software Engineer Intern, Summer 2027

• Location: Hartford, Connecticut
• Work model: hybrid
• Eligibility: undergraduate or graduate student expecting to graduate in May 2028
• Minimum GPA: 3.0
• Sponsorship: not available now or in the future
• Application deadline shown: July 31, 2026
• Official posting

“Verified” only means that I could confirm an active page on the employer’s official careers site when I checked. Companies can change or close listings without notice.

I’m going to keep these updates small enough to verify properly. If one closes or any detail changes, please comment with the official source and I’ll update the post.

For future updates, which detail matters most to you: application deadline, graduation-year eligibility, sponsorship, or date last verified?

I checked these positions on the employers’ career pages today. This is a small starting list rather than an attempt to collect every available internship.

Hudson River Trading — Software Engineering Internship (C++ or Python)

• Locations: Austin, Chicago, New York and Singapore
• Type: Internship
• Technologies mentioned: C++ and Python
• Apply on the HRT careers page

DRW — Software Developer Intern

• Location: Chicago
• Expected graduation: December 2027 through June 2028
• Languages mentioned: C++, Python or Java
• Apply on the DRW careers page

Salesforce — Summer 2027 Software Engineer Intern

• Locations: Bangalore and Hyderabad, India
• Eligibility: Class of 2028
• Posted: July 17, 2026
• Apply on the Salesforce careers page

The Hartford — Summer 2027 Software Engineer Intern

• Location: Hartford, Connecticut
• Application deadline shown: July 31, 2026
• Work authorization: The listing states that sponsorship is not available
• Apply on The Hartford careers page

Last verified: July 20, 2026

Please verify the requirements yourself before applying because employers can edit or close listings without notice.

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