Software Engineer Intern

About the Role

As a Software Engineer Intern at ConductorAI, you will work alongside our engineering team to build the core application: a user-facing web platform for large-scale document search, review, and AI-powered workflows. You will contribute to real production systems, including document-processing pipelines, agentic workflow execution, database scaling, and applications that push state-of-the-art LLMs to their limits. This is a product engineering role as much as a systems role. You will help design and build intuitive interfaces for complex, document-centric workflows and see how the software you build is used to solve real problems across defense, government, and regulated commercial environments. You will be trusted with meaningful work on our product’s critical path and given the opportunity to own features from problem definition through implementation. You will work closely with experienced engineers who will provide mentorship and technical guidance while giving you the autonomy to experiment, learn quickly, and take on increasingly challenging problems. This internship is intended to be a pathway to future opportunities at ConductorAI. Strong performers may have the opportunity to return for additional internships or co-ops or join the team full-time after graduation.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 that support responsive frontend experiences
• 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 understand problems and help translate them into product improvements
• Learn quickly, ask thoughtful questions, and take increasing ownership as you become familiar with our product and codebase

Requirements & Tech Stack

• US citizenship required; this role supports work subject to US government contract obligations and export control regulations (ITAR/EAR)
• 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, with an ability and willingness to work across our Python and TypeScript/React stack
• Strong problem-solving skills and an 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

Qualifications

• US citizenship required
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Demonstrated software engineering ability
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language
• Ability and willingness to work across Python and TypeScript/React
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to learn unfamiliar technologies quickly
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Product-minded approach
• Proactive, high-ownership mindset
• Willingness to tackle challenging, ambiguous problems

Nice to Haves:

• 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