AI-Driven Backend Engineer Intern — Production Systems

Emergent; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 50,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Emergent in San Francisco seeks a Software Engineer Intern to help build production systems that serve users globally. You will work with engineers across infrastructure, AI/ML, and product teams, taking ownership of meaningful projects from design to production while learning distributed systems, scalability, and reliability at scale.

The role emphasizes hands-on development in Python and Go, code reviews, debugging, testing, and deployment workflows.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and CS fundamentals.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java.
• Hands-on experience via internships, projects, or open-source.

Responsibilities

• Build backend services in Python/Go.
• Collaborate with infra, AI/ML, and product teams.
• Contribute to production systems serving users globally.
• Participate in code reviews, debugging, testing, and deployment workflows.
• Take ownership of projects from design to production.

Skills

Data structures

Algorithms

Python

Go

Java

Education

Pursuing CS/SE degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Emergent in San Francisco seeks a Software Engineer Intern to help build production systems that serve users globally. You will work with engineers across infrastructure, AI/ML, and product teams, taking ownership of meaningful projects from design to production while learning distributed systems, scalability, and reliability at scale.

The role emphasizes hands-on development in Python and Go, code reviews, debugging, testing, and deployment workflows.