🦆 About PARIMA

PARIMA is Europe's leading cultivated foods company. We create sustainable cultivated meat delights directly from animal cells for a conscious generation. We believe in a world where succulence can share a table with a positive impact, and that cutting-edge technology combined with culinary arts can help us get there. From engineers and scientists to culinary experts, we’re building an international team that shares the same passion for positive change. Currently a team of +45, we have dozens of nationalities at the table!

Check out Gourmey, our premium culinary brand!

🚀 Internship overview

Reporting directly to our Head of R&D, Remy Kusters, you will join the R&D team at the intersection of biology and engineering. You will play a key role in building the digital backbone of our lab, helping us transition from manual processes to robust, AI-accelerated automation. This is a hands-on role where your code directly impacts how we create the food of the future.

Internship duration: 6 months

Location: Paris

🎯 Key responsibilities

60% Architect & Automate

• Infrastructure: Own the back-end of PARIMA’s data management system to ensure our scientists have the best tools at their fingertips.
• AI-Native Workflow: Use AI-first development environments (Cursor, Claude) to rapidly prototype and deploy scalable, production-ready infrastructure.
• Innovation: Help us explore how LLMs and agentic workflows can further accelerate our R&D cycles.
• Standards: Help us enforce code guidelines, documentation, and Git policies to ensure our "fast" development stays "high-quality."
• Best Practices: Act as a champion for clean code and reproducible science within the R&D department.

40% Bio-Automation & Insights

• Pipeline Development: Build high-performance data pipelines for LC-MS, GC-MS, and our bioreactor fleet.
• Data Translation: Turn raw analytical data into actionable insights, helping our scientific team interpret complex datasets with ease.