Technology Services Intern — Spring 2027

Job overview

The Technology Services Intern role is onsite in New York, NY, for the Spring 2027 semester. The stipend is $3,000. The Whitney Museum of American Art’s mission includes collecting, preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting American art. The intern selects and builds one or two practical technology solutions, documents them for museum staff, and tests them with users. The work supports Technology Services by delivering usable tools and knowledge-base articles while contributing observations to the museum’s AI enablement work.

What you'll do

• Review the Technology Services idea list and select one or two projects
• scope and build a script, workflow, SharePoint page, Freshservice workflow, or small web page as appropriate
• test solutions with staff
• hand over working solutions with documentation and a walkthrough
• write and submit staff-facing knowledge-base articles
• use Claude for drafting, code, troubleshooting, and documentation and verify its output
• attend weekly team meetings, update Asana, and flag new ideas or tickets.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

technology services intern

spring 2027

new york ny

whitney museum of american art

onsite

technology solutions

python

powershell

claude

knowledge base documentation

sharepoint

freshservice

16–21 hours per week

$3,000 stipend

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Paid internship with a $3,000 stipend
• interns build a portfolio of solutions used at the museum and receive on-the-job instruction in version control fundamentals.

Why this role

The semester program runs January 18–April 26, 2027; interns commit 16–21 hours per week over 10–12 weeks, totaling 176 hours. Applicants must be enrolled as an undergraduate junior or senior and have hands-on experience using an AI assistant such as Claude.

About the employer

Whitney Museum of American Art is hiring for this role. Industry: Museums. Sector: 71.