Software Engineer Intern

The role

You will work with the engineering team to build a user-facing web platform for document search, review, and AI-powered workflows. You will contribute to production systems including document-processing pipelines, agentic workflow execution, and database scaling.

What you will do

• Build and improve search, review, and AI-powered agents for accuracy and consistency
• Build polished, reliable user-facing features in our Next.js/React application
• Develop backend APIs, data models, and workflow execution paths
• Write high-quality, maintainable code alongside a small team of experienced engineers
• Contribute to the design and architecture of production systems
• Own meaningful features and technical problems from initial idea through implementation
• Work closely with engineers, product teammates, and users to translate problems into product improvements
• Learn quickly and take increasing ownership of the product and codebase

Required qualifications

• US citizenship required
• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
• Strong computer science fundamentals and demonstrated software engineering ability through internships, coursework, research, projects, or other experience
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language
• Ability and willingness to work across Python and TypeScript/React stack
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to learn unfamiliar technologies quickly
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Product-minded approach with an interest in building software that is intuitive and useful
• Proactive, high-ownership mindset and willingness to tackle challenging, ambiguous problems

Nice to have

• Previous software engineering internship or meaningful experience building and shipping software
• Experience with Python, TypeScript, React, or Next.js
• Experience building with LLMs, AI agents, RAG, or other AI engineering techniques
• Experience with backend systems, APIs, databases, or distributed systems
• Familiarity with document processing or search/retrieval systems
• Experience contributing to open-source software, research, technical clubs, hackathons, or substantial personal projects
• Experience working in a startup or other fast-paced technical environment
• Interest in defense, intelligence, national security, or other complex operational domains
• Active or current security clearance

Benefits

• The ability to have real impact on mission-critical workflows
• The chance to use state-of-the-art tech to solve novel problems with mission partners
• The opportunity to define your role through time as we grow
• Competitive salary and equity upside with annual merit refreshes based on impact

Before you apply

• US citizenship required
• Role supports work subject to US government contract obligations and export control regulations (ITAR/EAR)

About the company

ConductorAI is an early-stage company building a user-facing web platform for large-scale document search, review, and AI-powered workflows.