Founding Engineer Intern

About the Role This is a rare opportunity to join a pre-seed AI startup at the very beginning as a Founding Engineer Intern . You'll build and ship features daily alongside the CTO, working on a fully agentic system that automates the talent-matching and headhunting process end-to-end. You'll have real ownership across the full stack — from ideation to production — and directly shape how the product evolves. The team operates in a high-velocity, founder-driven culture, including a hacker-house setup with flexibility for remote work. This role is based in San Francisco, CA , with openness to working in hacker houses in Latin America. Visa sponsorship is available. What You'll Do Build and ship end-to-end features to production on a daily cadence. Collaborate closely with the CTO and founding team to own components from ideation to deployment. Develop and iterate on a fully agentic AI system to automate talent matching and headhunting. Engage directly with users to measure impact on hiring speed and experience. Contribute to a fast, high-output, low-ego engineering culture. Work with a strong ownership mindset in a hacker-house/remote-forward environment. What We're Looking For Required: At least 6 months of hands-on experience with React and TypeScript in production environments. Experience with Cursor, Supabase, Prisma, and Typesense in a production React/TypeScript stack. Full-stack profile — not primarily an ML engineer, and not heavily siloed in a single stack (e.g., Python-only or C++-only). Currently enrolled in or pursuing a degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. Strong ownership mindset with the ability to take features from idea to production independently. Experience working in entrepreneurial, scrappy, or fast-moving environments. Open to working in hacker houses in Latin America. Willing to work 7 days per week during the internship. Something outstanding about your profile — top GPA, strong university, notable personal projects, or an active GitHub. Nice to Have: Portfolio or sample projects demonstrating full-stack development and/or open-source contributions. Location Based in San Francisco, CA . The team operates in a hacker-house and remote-forward setup, with openness to hacker houses in Latin America. This is an on-site/in-person-forward role. Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates. Compensation & Benefits Compensation details were not provided for this role. You'll be working directly with the founding team with a high degree of ownership and impact from day one, in one of the most formative stages of a fast-growing AI startup.