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Software Engineering Intern (Forward Deployed) | Summer 2026

CR
Crustdata
YC F24
AI-native
TypeInternship
SeniorityIntern
SponsorshipNo visa sponsorship
Salary$48,000–$96,000
LocationSan Francisco, CA
Engineering

About Crustdata

The way information on the internet is consumed is changing - from humans searching pre-crawled pages to AI agents doing real-time targeted crawling from sources of truth. But there’s no “Google” for AI agents… yet.

At Crustdata, we’re building that. We serve 300+ customers and we’re growing fast. Backed by Y Combinator, General Catalyst, SV Angel, A Capital, and Liquid 2 Ventures.

Our mission: be the default way AI agents interface with the internet.

What you’ll do

You’ll be a technical partner to revenue and product teams: build rapid prototypes and demo tooling, ship customer integrations, and turn those into repeatable solutions that help customers (and help us close deals).

  • Build rapid prototypes and POCs for prospects
  • Create demo tooling + reusable templates to accelerate sales
  • Implement turnkey integrations (APIs, pipelines, dashboards) and hand off to Customer Success
  • Connect Crustdata to customer systems + third-party tools
  • Turn prototypes into repeatable reference implementations into the product
  • Build AI agents for internal sales and customer success workflows
  • Share feedback with Product & Engineering and write docs/playbooks
  • (Optional) Join occasional on-site workshops

Who you are

We care way more about ability and hustle than years of experience.

  • Undergrad (or equivalent) CS/EE/Math background
  • Strong coding skills in Python and/or TypeScript/JavaScript
  • Comfortable building real things end-to-end (projects, OSS, hackathons, research, prior internships - all count)
  • Solid fundamentals + you learn fast
  • Bonus: SQL/data curiosity (warehouses/ETL/analytics), APIs/integrations

Why this internship is different

  • You ship. You’ll work on real customer problems with real stakes.
  • You learn fast. Small team, high trust, direct founder access.
  • You matter. Your work will influence product direction and revenue.
  • Future upside. Strong interns are top-of-list for full-time.

If you want an internship where you ship real stuff that customers use (and you work directly with founders), this is it.

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Crustdata

Real-time B2B data via simple APIs

YC F24AI-product

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