Software Engineer Intern (Fall 2025/Summer 2026)

San Francisco, Los Angeles
Internship
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

We're the #1 TikTok Shop partner helping brands like Under Armour, Hanes, and Logitech scale their affiliate marketing. We've crossed 7 figures in ARR and are raising our seed round. Our vision: become the Hubspot for creator marketing, powering brands and creators across TikTok Shop, YouTube Shopping, Instagram, and Amazon. We're building AI-powered infrastructure that will be core to the rapidly growing creator economy.

What you'll build:

  • Full-stack features that ship to production within days
  • AI agents, LLM-powered tools and ML pipelines processing millions of creator/brand interactions
  • Backend systems (Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, GCP)
  • Responsive UIs (React, Tailwind, shadcn/ui)
  • Direct customer features - no throwaway intern projects

Our culture:

  • Collaborative by default - we pair on hard problems and celebrate wins together
  • No egos, no politics - just a tight team building something cool
  • Direct customer access - you'll talk to brands and creators regularly
  • High trust, high output - we give you real responsibility from day one
  • We actually like hanging out together (team dinners, office games, etc)

Requirements:

  • CS major with core coursework completed
  • Full-stack project experience (personal, hackathon, or coursework)
  • Available for 10-12 weeks (Sept/Oct - Dec 2025) or (May/June - August 2026)
  • Resourceful and comfortable with ambiguity

Bonus:

  • Previous startup/tech internship
  • ML/AI coursework or projects
  • Deployed apps with real users
  • Side projects or open-source contributions
  • Interest in AI/e-commerce/creator economy

Location: San Francisco (in-person)

About Reacher

We automate creator marketing for the world's largest brands

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Job details

Salary

$6,000 - $10,000

Location

San Francisco, Los Angeles

Company

NameReacher
IndustryB2B
Team Size10

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator
FFormosa Capital
Pioneer Fund
Rebel Fund

Founders

Indrani Inapakolla

Indrani Inapakolla

Founder

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Bora Mutluoglu

Bora Mutluoglu

Co-Founder

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Jerry Qian

Jerry Qian

Co-Founder & CEO

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.