Founding Engineer Intern

About the Role Join a fast-growing, pre-seed AI startup that is reimagining how top talent connects with startup opportunities. As a Founding Engineer Intern , you'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the CTO and founding team to build and ship production features every day — helping automate an end-to-end, fully agentic headhunting platform. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role for a builder who thrives in scrappy, fast-moving environments. 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 system designed to automate the headhunting process 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. Work in a hacker-house or remote-forward setup with a strong ownership mindset. What We're Looking For Required (Dealbreakers): 6+ months of professional or project-based experience building production features in TypeScript and React . Full-stack development focus with demonstrated ability to build and ship end-to-end features; not primarily an ML engineer or heavily specialized in a single language (e.g., Python, C++). Currently enrolled in or pursuing a degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. Required Skills & Experience: Portfolio or GitHub demonstrating full-stack development and open-source contributions. Production experience with Supabase , Prisma , and Typesense in a React/TypeScript stack. Experience with Cursor as a development tool. Standout credentials or projects — strong GPA, notable university, active GitHub, or recognized side projects. Experience working in entrepreneurial or early-stage environments with rapid iteration and shipping cadence. Strong ownership mindset: ability to take a feature from idea to production independently. Nice to Have: Willingness to work 7 days per week during the internship. Openness to working in hacker-houses in Latin America. Compensation & Benefits Compensation details were not specified for this role. This is an internship position at a pre-seed AI startup in the HR tech / talent acquisition space. Visa sponsorship is available. Location Primary location: San Francisco, CA, United States . The team operates in a hybrid/hacker-house model with a remote-forward culture. On-site presence in San Francisco is expected.