About the role
About
the Role As a Software Engineer intern, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the user experience of our AI-powered platform. You will play a crucial role in solving complex interaction design challenges by creating innovative and intuitive interfaces that redefine how users interact with AI. Forget the limitations of typical chat windows; we're talking about breaking free from traditional, turn-based chat paradigms to create dynamic, highly interactive experiences where conversations evolve beyond simple text. This is a unique opportunity to conceive and develop groundbreaking human-computer interaction concepts from the ground up, moving beyond static Q&A to rich, responsive, and adaptive interfaces. Your work will have a direct impact on our users, enabling them to engage with AI in ways previously unimaginable, and will significantly influence the future of our growing engineering organization. What You’ll Do Design and architecture for new and existing software components. Take end-to-end ownership of new code from prototype to production. Participate in architecture reviews, identify risks, and advocate for simplicity of design. Ship production-grade code to daily active users. As part of our small team, you’ll not only contribute but also gain a unique, behind-the-scenes view of a startup’s full journey — influencing our growth from the ground up. Work on fun and technically challenging projects to deliver impactful projects on popular browsers. Contributing to a team that upholds high standards of engineering excellence. Build cool things! Our Stack TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Redis, Google Cloud, serverless architecture. React and Tailwind or similar UI frameworks are a plus, but a strong grasp of web API fundamentals is even more important. You should be proficient with native CSS, DOM, etc, and not only high-level frameworks. Experience with Chrome extensions is a plus. What We Require You have passion and expertise for building things. One or more years of experience as a software engineer or have built significant side projects independently that demonstrate strong technical skills, creativity, and initiative. Power user of applications powered by LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude Code, Gemini, CoPilot, Cursor). Solid software engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of algorithms and data structures. Proficiency in JavaScript (with a preference for TypeScript) and/or Python are essential. Understanding fundamental React principles is a plus. A knack for solving complex problems with simple solutions. Working knowledge of building secure systems and implementing industry-standard security best practices. Excellent communication skills. Working on-site in the Menlo Park office. Working at Ventrilo.ai Build a new AI product from zero to one. A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to make a tremendous impact. Ventrilo.ai is an equal-opportunity employer.
