Software Engineering Intern

Instead is a company revolutionizing tax work with its AI-powered platform. They are seeking Software Engineering Interns to join their San Francisco team, where interns will build real features and gain hands-on experience in a dynamic environment.

What you'll do:

• Ship product features end to end on our live customer platform alongside senior engineers
• Build and test AI-powered components including inference pipelines and prompt engineering
• Fix bugs and make product improvements based on real customer feedback
• Create internal tools that make the engineering team more productive
• Learn our full stack and contribute across frontend, backend, and AI layers
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and product planning

What they're looking for:

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Strong programming fundamentals. You can write clean code, debug efficiently, and think about edge cases
• Familiarity with web development (frontend or backend). Experience with any modern framework counts
• Curiosity about AI and willingness to learn
• High attention to detail and a bias for shipping
• Ability to work on-site in San Francisco
• Experience with AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) is a plus
• You've built and shipped side projects or open-source contributions that demonstrate your ability to go from idea to working product
• You already use AI tools in your coding workflow and understand how they change the way software gets built
• You learn fast and don't wait to be told what to do. When you see something broken, you fix it
• You care about the end user, not just the code. You want to understand why something matters before you build it
• You're excited about working at a startup where your work ships to real customers on day one