Core SWE Intern at Etched in San Jose, CA

Summary: Etched is building the world’s first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers, delivering significant performance improvements. The Core Engineering Intern will collaborate with founders to identify critical organizational gaps and build solutions rapidly, focusing on full-stack engineering and product development in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities: - Build internal infrastructure to unblock a hardware team - Prototype a deployment for a customer - Stand up a new tooling workflow Required Qualifications: - Strong full-stack skills (TypeScript, React, Python) - Experience building and shipping software end to end, ideally in a startup environment - Product sense and its necessary prerequisites, from AI tooling proficiency to design taste - Bias towards action and comfort with incomplete information - Ability to continuously learn, set metrics, and solve problems with minimal supervision and maximum impact - Excitement for solving technical problems with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools Preferred Qualifications: - Infrastructure or DevOps experience - Prior startup experience, especially during hyper growth - Deploying AI systems in enterprise environments Required Skills: Full-stack development, TypeScript, React, Python Important Skills: AI tooling proficiency, Cloud infrastructure, Data structures Nice-to-Have Skills: Bias towards action, Design taste, Startup experience, DevOps experience, Problem-solving, Continuous learning Benefits: Generous housing support for those relocating, Daily lunch and dinner in our office