Founding Engineer Intern
Job description
About the Role
This is a founding-team internship at a pre-seed AI startup building an end-to-end automated headhunting platform. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the CTO, shipping full-stack features daily and directly shaping how AI changes the way people find jobs at high-growth startups.
What You'll Do
Build and ship end-to-end product features to production on a daily cadence.
Collaborate closely with the founding team to own components from ideation through deployment.
Develop and iterate on a fully agentic system that automates the headhunting workflow end-to-end.
Engage directly with users to measure impact on hiring speed and experience.
Contribute to a fast, high-output, low-ego engineering culture with a strong ownership mindset.
What We're Looking For
Currently enrolled in or pursuing a degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
At least 6 months of professional or project-based experience building production features in TypeScript and React.
Production experience with Supabase, Prisma, and Typesense in a React/TypeScript stack.
Full-stack focus — comfortable owning both frontend and backend; not primarily an ML engineer or specialised in a single language (e.g. Python, C++).
Portfolio or GitHub demonstrating full-stack development and open-source contributions.
Standout credentials or projects: strong academic record, notable GitHub activity, or recognised side projects.
Prior experience in entrepreneurial, early-stage, or rapid-iteration environments.
Familiarity with Cursor as a development tool is a plus.
Willingness to work 6 days per week and work on-site in San Francisco.
Location
Hybrid — primary location is San Francisco, California, USA. On-site presence at the team's SF workspace is expected. Visa sponsorship is available.