PayPal

Indic & Multilingual NLP Intern

InternshipIn OfficeChennai, Tamil Nadu6 months30K/mo15 openingsImmediate / Rolling

About this internship

Start your career in Indian-language natural language processing with PayPal as an Indic & Multilingual NLP Intern in Chennai. You will sit with a working team, use the same tools and systems they do, and own a defined piece of work from day one. About the role As an Indic & Multilingual NLP…

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Skills you'll use

Natural Language Processing (NLP)Indic Language ProcessingHugging Face TransformersPythonTokenisation for Indic ScriptsTransliterationDataset CurationModel Fine-TuningEvaluation MetricsMultilingual Embeddings

What you'll do

Work on making models work in Hindi and other Indian languages, not just English alongside the core team
Apply Natural Language Processing (NLP), Indic Language Processing, Hugging Face Transformers, Python to live, production-facing problems
Document your work clearly for reviewers and stakeholders
Participate in reviews and act on the feedback you receive
Collaborate across engineering, product, design or business as required
Follow the team's quality, testing and documentation standards

Who can apply

Pursuing or recently completed B.E./B.Tech (CSE/IT), MCA, M.Sc (CS) or M.A. (Linguistics) with technical skills
Graduating batch 2026, 2027 or 2028 — final-year students and recent graduates welcome
60% / 6.0 CGPA and above preferred; strong project work is considered alongside academics
Working knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP), Indic Language Processing, Hugging Face Transformers (or a genuine willingness to learn them)
Exposure to Python, Tokenisation for Indic Scripts, Transliteration is an advantage
Clear written and verbal communication in English, and care with detail in your work
No prior work experience required — this is a fresher-friendly internship
Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu or willing to work from there for the internship period

Perks & benefits

Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) opportunityFlexible working hoursNetworking with senior professionalsInternship CertificateLetter of Recommendation

Interview & selection process

2 rounds — typical selection flow for this role:

1Application screening & resume shortlisting by the talent team
2Team-fit / behavioural interview with the team

About PayPal

PayPal operates in the fintech & payments sector and has an active presence in Chennai. Interns here are put on real work from the start, because the team's view is that the fastest way to learn a craft is to practise it under people who already do it well — not to watch it from a distance. The…

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