Career and Internship Outcomes
INI students and alumni are high achievers. From day one to graduation, our career services team provides unparalleled support and guides students through the internship and employment search process. Our alumni are leaders in diverse positions across public, private and nonprofit organizations — and our students secure competitive internships at some of the top tech employers.
Learn more about first-destination career and internship outcomes by exploring the alumni spotlights and dashboards below.
Career Outcomes
INI alumni work in a range of organizations, from major technology leaders like Amazon and NVIDIA to federal agencies, startups, nonprofit organizations and more. They live and work across the globe, from California to the United Arab Emirates, applying their technical skills, leadership and innovation to advance their industries.
Alumni Spotlight
Samuel Edoho-Eket
MS in Information Networking
Founder, PrismSix Technologies
Scholarship for Service Hall of Fame, 2024
Sree Anand Ratnasinghe
MS in Information Networking
Executive Director Customer Solutions, Customer Success, Cloud Solution Architecture, Amazon Web Services
Sears Schulz
MS in Information Security
Product Security Team Engineer, Starlink
First Destination Career Highlights: 2025
MSIN
Median Salary: $146,700
Top Employers: Amazon, Meta, Databricks, Google
Top Locations: San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington
MSIS
Median Salary: $145,000
Top Employers: Dell Technologies, Google, Praetorian, Sandia National Laboratories
Top Locations: San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
MSAIE-IS
Median* Salary: $130,000
Top Employers: Archer, Auditoria, ByteDance, Confluent
Top Locations: San Francisco, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Austin, Texas; Chicago, Illinois
*Only five graduates reported salaries, so this is a small sample size
MSMITE
Median Salary: $141,000
Top Employers: TikTok, Amazon, Apple, Oracle
Top Locations: San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; New York, New York
MSIT-IS
Median Salary: $132,500
Top Employers: Amazon, Google, Lucid Motors, Microsoft, NVIDIA, TikTok
Top Locations: San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; New York, New York; Dallas, Texas
First Destination Career Outcomes Dashboard
The following data represents the first full-time job INI students secure after graduation, reported annually by Carnegie Mellon's Career & Professional Development Center. Currently, the dashboard reflects career outcomes up to May 2025, meaning we have only a few data points from our Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence Engineering - information Security (MSAIE-IS).
Common data points include hiring companies, graduate and professional schools, starting salaries and geographic location. You can filter by degree program using the dropdown box on the upper left side.
Intern Spotlight
Raghav Trivedi
MS in Artificial Intelligence Engineering - Information Security
AI Governance and Controls Team
BNY AI Hub
Jasmine Watissee
MS in Information Security
Application Security Team
Cloudflare
Fenglin Yu
MS in Information Networking
Google Network Infrastructure Team
Google
Internship Highlights
MSIN (2026)
Median hourly Pay: $52
Top Employers: Amazon, ByteDance, Google
Top Locations: California, Washington
MSIS (2026)
Median hourly Pay: $46
Top Employer: Sandia National Laboratories
Top Location: California
MSAIE-IS (2026)
Median Hourly Pay: $45
Top Employers: Wipro, BNY
Top Locations: Texas, Pennsylvania
MSMITE (2026)
Median Hourly Pay: $54
Top Employer: Amazon
Top Locations: California, Virginia
MSIT-IS (2026)
Median Hourly Pay: $48
Top Employers: Adobe, Amazon
Top Location: California
Internship Outcomes Dashboard
