AfterQuery
Software Engineering Intern
About this role
AfterQuery, a rapidly growing applied research lab supporting frontier AI development, seeks a Software Engineering Intern to build and scale data infrastructure for foundation model training. You'll own end-to-end projects working with the founding team in San Francisco, developing high-throughput data pipelines and web/desktop applications that directly impact AI model development.
What you'll do
- Build and scale data capturing workflows using Next.js and Python across web and desktop platforms
- Design and optimize high-throughput data pipelines handling heavy computational loads
- Collaborate with founding team on product strategy and rapid feature deployment
- Establish engineering best practices and infrastructure for team scaling
- Implement serverless architecture and cloud-based data processing solutions
What they're looking for
- JavaScript/Next.js
- Python
- Full-stack web development
- Serverless architecture (GCP/AWS)
- Redis, Elasticsearch, message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
- Data pipeline design
- Cloud functions and infrastructure
- AI/LLM systems (preferred)
Benefits
- Founding-stage opportunity with significant ownership of data infrastructure
- Work directly with experienced team from Meta, Google, Citadel Securities
- High-impact role shaping frontier AI model development
- Fast-growing company ($100M+ revenue run rate post-$30M Series A)
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AfterQuery
AfterQuery is an applied AI research lab that builds data infrastructure and evaluation frameworks powering foundation model development for frontier AI labs. The company is hiring fullstack software engineers, infrastructure/security specialists, and interns to design scalable data pipelines, develop datasets and reward signals, and create systems that directly influence how advanced AI models are trained.
View all jobs at AfterQueryLikely interview questions
- Walk us through a full-stack web application you've built with Next.js and Python. How did you handle data flow between the frontend and backend?
- Describe your experience with serverless architecture and cloud functions. How have you optimized them for high-throughput data processing?