Founding Product Intern — AI Startup (Bay Area)

Arena; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

H-1B/O-1/Green Card sponsorship

Job summary

Arena in Cupertino, CA is seeking a Product Intern to join the founding team and help shape early-stage product development. This role offers hands-on startup experience and close collaboration with product, design, and engineering.

The ideal candidate is passionate about product, AI, and user experience, organized, proactive, and eager to learn. You will work closely with the founder and developers in person in Silicon Valley.

Qualifications

• Interest in product, startups, AI, and UX.
• Organized, proactive, and eager to learn.
• Comfortable with user research, product thinking, specs, testing, and coordination.
• Based in the Bay Area.

Responsibilities

• Assist with user research, including interviews and surveys.
• Help create product specs and coordinate with design and engineering.
• Support testing, validation, and iteration of features.
• Work directly with the founder and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Product mindset

Startups

AI awareness

User research

Spec writing

Testing

Coordination

AI tools

Tools

Claude

Cursor

Lovable

Job description

Arena in Cupertino, CA is seeking a Product Intern to join the founding team and help shape early-stage product development. This role offers hands-on startup experience and close collaboration with product, design, and engineering.

The ideal candidate is passionate about product, AI, and user experience, organized, proactive, and eager to learn. You will work closely with the founder and developers in person in Silicon Valley.