Founding Engineer Intern

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 directly alongside the CTO, shipping full-stack features daily and shaping the core product in the fast-moving AI recruiting space. 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 to automate headhunting 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 experience building production features in TypeScript and React . Full-stack development focus — not primarily an ML engineer or heavily specialized in a single language (e.g., Python, C++). Production experience with Supabase , Prisma , and Typesense in a React/TypeScript stack. Experience with Cursor as a development tool. Portfolio or GitHub demonstrating full-stack projects and open-source contributions. Standout credentials or projects — strong academic record, notable GitHub activity, or recognized side projects. Prior experience in entrepreneurial or early-stage environments with rapid iteration and shipping. Willingness to work 6 days per week in a hacker-house / hybrid setup in San Francisco. Location Hybrid — primary location is San Francisco, CA . The team works from a hacker-house setup; on-site presence is strongly preferred. Visa sponsorship is available.