Software Engineer Intern

Bluejay; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Work on fascinating AI problems

Collaborate with experienced AI professionals

Talented engineering team

Competitive compensation

Job summary

A pioneering AI company in San Francisco seeks an experienced professional to architect and develop systems for conversational AI agents. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in AI/ML, particularly in NLP and conversational AI, and will thrive in a fast-moving team environment. You'll design scalable infrastructures on AWS and ensure the reliability and safety of AI agents. This role offers competitive compensation and the opportunity to shape core technology within a Y Combinator-backed startup.

Qualifications

• Experience with AI/ML, particularly in NLP, LLMs, or conversational AI.
• Proven ability to own end-to-end systems from prototyping to deployment.
• Eager to build scalable, real-time systems.
• Creative problem-solver tackling ambiguous technical challenges.
• Entrepreneurial, scrappy, fast-moving team experience.
• Passionate about trustworthy and safe technology.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop systems for conversational AI agents.
• Design robust infrastructure to manage real-time conversations.
• Develop algorithms to ensure reliability and safety.
• Collaborate deeply: Work with founders, customers, and the team to shape product direction and technical architecture.

Skills

AI/ML project design and shipping

NLP

Conversational AI

Rapid prototyping

Creative problem-solving

Entrepreneurial mindset

Tools

AWS (Lambda, EC2, WebSockets, WebRTC)

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Build the brains. Architect and develop systems that simulate, analyze, and evaluate conversational AI agents, including voice and multimodal systems.
• Scale for the real world. Design resilient, scalable infrastructure using AWS (Lambda, EC2, WebSockets, WebRTC) to handle thousands of real-time conversations.
• Engineer trust. Develop algorithms and pipelines that surface insights, detect failure modes, and ensure agents are safe, reliable, and aligned with human intent.
• Collaborate deeply. Work closely with the founders, customers, and the entire team to shape product direction and technical architecture.

Who You Are

• A builder who has designed and shipped projects in AI/ML, especially in NLP, LLMs, or conversational AI.
• Comfortable owning end-to-end systems—from rapid prototyping to production-ready deployments.
• Excited by the challenge of building highly scalable, real-time systems.
• A creative problem-solver who loves tackling ambiguous technical challenges.
• Entrepreneurial, scrappy, and energized by working on a small, fast-moving team.
• Passionate about building technology that’s trustworthy and safe.

Why Bluejay

• Join a rocket ship backed by Y Combinator and top-tier investors.
• Shape the core technology and culture of the company.
• Work on hard, fascinating problems at the frontier of AI safety and reliability.
• Collaborate with a talented team who are former AI engineers from Microsoft and AWS.
• Competitive compensation.