Etched
AI
InfrastructureIntern-Spring2027
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“Infrastructure Intern - Spring 2027 at Etched. Skills: C/C++, Rust, Python, data structures, algorithms, low-level software engineering, hardware/software co-design. drives the development and adoption of next-generation infrastructure tooling. enabling Etched ASIC, Software, and Platform engineers to iterate faster, build more reliably, and push the boundaries of AI performance”
What You'll Achieve.
delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200; enable engineers to iterate faster, build more reliably, and push the boundaries of AI performance
Industry & Context.
12-week paid internship, Based at our office in San Jose, CA, fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row)
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Progress towards a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, Proficiency in C/C++ or Rust, Proficiency in Python (for interns interested in systems software), fundamentals in data structures and algorithms, understanding of low-level software engineering, understanding of hardware/software co-design
Nice to Have
Experience with Linux internals, kernel development, or driver debugging, Experience with hardware diagnostics or interpreting hardware logs, Exposure to server virtualization or CI/CD pipelines, Experience with Rust or embedded development
What You'll Do.
drives the development and adoption of next-generation infrastructure tooling
and Platform engineers to iterate faster
and push the boundaries of AI performance
working on our hybrid-cloud high-performance compute (HPC) clusters
massively parallel CI executions
Infrastructure-as-code
scale-out observability platform with LLM integration
building high-quality tools that engineers love using
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaboration skills; no boundaries between engineering and research; expect all technical staff to contribute to both as needed
Communication Scope
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Full Job Description
About Etched Etched is building the world’s first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers - delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200. With Etched ASICs, you can build products that would be impossible with GPUs, like real-time video generation models and extremely deep & parallel chain-of-thought reasoning agents. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history. Job Summary Our infrastructure role drives the development and adoption of next-generation infrastructure tooling, enabling Etched ASIC, Software, and Platform engineers to iterate faster, build more reliably, and push the boundaries of AI performance. This includes working on our hybrid-cloud high-performance compute (HPC) clusters, massively parallel CI executions, Infrastructure-as-code, scale-out observability platform with LLM integration, and building high-quality tools that engineers love using. You may be a good fit if you have - Progress towards a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. - Proficiency in C/C++ or Rust - Proficiency in Python (for interns interested in systems software) - Strong fundamentals in data structures and algorithms - Strong understanding of low-level software engineering - Strong understanding of hardware/software co-design - Excellent communication and collaboration skills Strong candidates may also have (Nice to have qualifications) - Experience with Linux internals, kernel development, or driver debugging - Experience with hardware diagnostics or interpreting hardware logs - Exposure to server virtualization or CI/CD pipelines - Experience with Rust or embedded development We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every qualification. Program details - 12-week paid internship - Generous housing support fo
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