Software Engineering Intern, AI Projects

Italic is creating a world of luxury without labels. We believe that luxury today is exclusionary and all about marketing that hurts its customers and manufacturers. Our mission is to create a new model that enables manufacturers to bypass the legacy luxury supply chain and deliver luxury goods with equivalent or better quality directly to consumers. Our customers come to rely on Italic for our quality, timeless design, and radical value.Build and maintain our new, flagship consumer products.You’ll own the shared backend, move fast on green-field features, and push code to production every week. Your main job will be to code aggressively and ship quickly with AI! ­Create and maintain scalable AI and shared services—chat/memory, image/video gen pipelines, chat, etc.Build and maintain reusable boilerplates templates across projects­Integrate LLMs, CV models, and recommender systems into mobile, Unity, and web clients­Stand up reliable infrastructure for payments, rewards, order routing, and analytics­Promote engineering best practices in observability, security, and CI/CDRequirementsWe are hybrid, but you must be ok working on-site downtown Manhattan some days a week.MustYou must have meaningful experience coding with AI (Cursor, Claude Code, etc).You must be fully fluent and keep up with the latest of the modern AI stack3+ years coding with typescriptNice to haveExperience building automation bots or phone automation a plusExperience with the Cloudflare dev stack (D1, R2, DO, agent SDK, etc)­Cloud & DevOps depth (AWS/GCP, containers, infra-as-code)Unity, WebGL/Three.js, e-commerce/payments, or graphics pipelines­Experience integrating AI in mobile or game environmentsExpo is a strong plusHow we workTiny teamHigh autonomy, daily release cadence­Data-driven iteration and “build it, run it” ownership mindset­Competitive salary and equity with upside in our stealth productCultureGreat Brands Start With Great PeopleOur culture focuses on performance, integrity, and longevity. We believe that the best brands are not grown through sheer force but rather through deliberate decision-making and persistent effort over a long period of time. We are committed to creating a workplace where talented individuals can thrive in building an enduring, beloved brand that we all take pride in.Inputs Over OutputsWe value the effort and work that goes into achieving results rather than just the end result. We believe that investing in our people and processes will lead to better outcomes while also creating a more sustainable and enjoyable environment.Flat HierarchyOur company has a flat hierarchy and values the input and ideas of all team members. We believe that everyone has the potential to make a significant contribution to the success of the company. Small Team, Big OpportunitiesAs a small team, all employees are expected to take ownership in their work. Some might move faster while others are fine with a slower pace. Those who seek to move faster in their career will be able to do so based solely on merit, contribution, and performance.

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