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Software Engineering Intern

About Wellspoken

Wellspoken is an AI app that helps people communicate more clearly in meetings, interviews, and everyday conversations. Tens of thousands of people use it, and we're one of the fastest-growing startups in our space.

We're a small team in Richmond, VA, moving fast.

Why this role

Wellspoken is a real product with tens of thousands of users, a backend that runs AI on every session, and a mobile app people open every day. The engineers who build it set how fast we ship and how much the product can do. Your work will reach real users within days.

You'll work directly with two technical founders, from Cornell and Berkeley, who have shipped products and scaled Wellspoken to tens of thousands of users without raising a dollar. You'll own real parts of the stack and see how a lean team ships fast.

What you'll do

You'll work across the whole stack, from the mobile app people touch to the backend and AI pipeline behind it. You'll take features from an idea to something running in production, and own how they hold up once real users hit them.

  • Build real features end to end: the React Native app, the Node and TypeScript backend, and the data behind them.
  • Work on the AI pipeline that scores and coaches every session, from prompts to the plumbing that keeps it fast and reliable.
  • Ship to production every week and watch tens of thousands of people use what you built.
  • Debug real problems in a live product, from a slow endpoint to a bug that only hits some users.
  • Turn founder ideas and user feedback into working software that ships fast and holds up.

The bar for this one

This is a high-bar role, and we mean it. You'll own real surfaces of a product people rely on, so we're hiring engineers who write code that's clear, ships fast, and holds up in production.

We care about what you've actually built and shipped, more than where you studied or what your title was. Send us projects, side projects, open source, anything real, and tell us what was hard about it.

Bring proof.

Compensation & perks

  • $32-40/hr, full-time (40 hrs/week), with flexible start dates year-round.
  • Strong performers continue part-time (10 to 20 hrs/week) for as long as it's a good fit.
  • Remote if you're far from Richmond, in person if you're able to commute. The schedule flexes around your commitments.
  • Full Wellspoken Premium access and a letter of recommendation on successful completion.

Who we're looking for

We care about drive and what you can build over credentials. You'll do well here if you:

  • Have shipped real things: side projects, open source, or work people actually use.
  • Are comfortable across the stack, or clearly on your way there.
  • Move fast, own the outcome, and figure things out without waiting to be told.
  • Care about writing code that's clear and holds up, beyond code that runs once.

Nice to have

Bonus points if you bring any of these. You do not need to check every box, drive and what you've built matter more.

  • TypeScript, React Native, or Node, the stack we build on.
  • Experience wiring LLMs or AI features into a real product.
  • A feel for databases and APIs, and how to keep them fast as they grow.
  • Fluency with AI coding tools to ship faster.