Key Facts
Location: United Kingdom-based preferred
Duration: June 16 – September 16, 2025
Format: Remote
Sector: Clean Tech / Solar Energy / AI for Impact
Salary: Paid internship
About the Company – Solarplexus
Solarplexus is a UK-based clean tech startup founded at the University of Cambridge by Gates Scholar Anaïs Berkes, in collaboration with the Centre for Global Equality. The company supports solar PV electrification in remote communities—like those in Indonesia and Malawi—powering schools, clinics, and livelihoods. Solarplexus is now developing an AI-powered platform to help local communities design and manage solar microgrids—from installation and logistics to funding and maintenance—empowering energy independence at scale.
About the Position
As a Software Development Intern – AI Agents, you’ll help build a next-generation, AI-powered platform for solar access. You’ll work across the stack—from smart user interfaces to dynamic databases—and contribute to a real solution making clean energy more accessible, affordable, and locally owned. Your code will literally power up communities.
Your Role & Responsibilities
* Design and develop a user-friendly, AI-guided app for solar system planning
* Build and automate databases with info on logistics, finance, and installation
* Contribute to both front-end UI and back-end infrastructure
* Help refine and integrate AI agents for personalized energy design support
* Collaborate with Cambridge-based advisors and field teams
* Support early user onboarding, feedback loops, and iterative design
About You
* You are currently an Undergraduate or Graduate student in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
* You bring at least 1 year of practical experience in software development
* You know your way around Python and are comfortable with full-stack thinking
* Experience with AI agents and database automation is a plus
* You’re independent, impact-driven, and eager to co-create scalable tech for good
* You communicate clearly and love working in remote, cross-cultural teams
* Fluent in English
Your Benefits
* Be a core contributor to a clean energy innovation startup
* Work with a team based at the University of Cambridge and global partners
* Develop software that directly contributes to energy equity and climate resilience
* Gain hands-on experience with AI, full-stack dev, and solar tech
* Mentorship and support from leaders in climate innovation
* Participation in the InTent Internship Kick-Off (mid-July) and the Geneva Summit (end of September)
* Join a global community of like-minded students who are passionate about making a real difference—challenging the status quo to create a more sustainable future for our planet and society
About IIP – Ready to Make Waves in Sustainability?
Apply now to be part of the InTent Internship Programme 2025—a fully funded global initiative that connects students with purpose-driven organizations like Solarplexus.
By joining, you’ll become part of a global community of changemakers, all working to build a more fair, resilient, and nature-positive world. This is more than just an internship—it's your chance to help shift the status quo and create real impact.
#TakeAction and build the tech powering energy independence with Solarplexus.
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