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Software Engineering Intern

AfterQuery· Engineering
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San FranciscoInternPosted 5mo ago

About the role

Internship focused on building and scaling data infrastructure for frontier models, with end-to-end ownership of projects and potential to influence product strategy and future team growth.

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale complex data capturing workflows across web (Next.js) and desktop (Python)
  • Architect and optimize data pipelines that experience high throughput, with heavy loads
  • Collaborate with the founding team to define product strategy and ship features fast
  • Set engineering best practices and lay the groundwork for future team growth

Qualifications

  • Able to take a gap semester off and join our team in person in San Francisco
  • Proficiency in JavaScript (Next.js) and Python, with demonstrated experience building full-stack web applications
  • Experience with serverless architecture and cloud functions for implementing heavy data processing (GCP/AWS)
  • Storage, caching & search: Hands‑on with Redis (caching), Elasticsearch (indexing), and message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ) to build scalable, low‑latency pipelines
  • Any background in AI research, LLM evaluation, or human‑in‑the‑loop systems

Skills

Required:JavaScript (Next.js)PythonServerless / cloud functionsRedisElasticsearchKafka/RabbitMQ

Benefits

  • Health Insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental
  • 401(k) with Employer Match
  • Daily Meals: Daily UberEats Stipend
  • Monthly Wellness Stipend
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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