Full Stack Engineer, Intern Summer 2026

About AviaryAIAviaryAI is a Y Combinator-backed startup building AI software for financial institutions and other regulated industries. We help banks, credit unions, and insurance organizations improve customer communication, internal knowledge access, and operational efficiency through practical, production-ready software.Our team works across AI-enabled products, internal tools, workflow automation, integrations, and enterprise software systems. We focus on building technology that performs well in real-world environments where privacy, compliance, reliability, and usability all matter. Aviary’s broader product and engineering work spans customer-facing software, internal platforms, knowledge systems, and operational tooling that support AI products in production.We are a startup, which means engineers here work with real ownership, real users, and real constraints. We care about building useful systems quickly, but also about making them scalable, maintainable, and trustworthy.The RoleWe’re hiring a Full Stack Intern to help build product and platform software at Aviary AI.This role is ideal for someone who wants hands-on experience working across both frontend and backend systems in a fast-moving engineering environment. You’ll contribute to real features and internal tools that support our products, our customers, and our team’s day-to-day operations.This intern will not be working directly on the core voice agent or model layer.Instead, you’ll work on the software around it, the product surfaces, internal workflows, APIs, integrations, dashboards, and knowledge-based experiences that make the system usable and valuable in practice.What You’ll Work OnDepending on your background and current team priorities, you may work on projects such as:Building frontend product features in our web applicationDeveloping internal tools and dashboards for engineering, operations, or customer teamsCreating backend APIs and services that support product workflowsImproving knowledge-base or document-based product experiencesBuilding admin, configuration, and analytics interfacesSupporting integrations with customer systems and third-party platformsImproving testing, debugging, deployment, or developer workflow toolingHelping translate operational processes into clean, scalable softwareIn practice, this is a full stack product engineering role. You’ll help build software that people actually use, and you’ll see how product, engineering, and operations fit together inside a startup.What We’re Looking ForMinimum QualificationsCurrently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical fieldJunior standing or aboveExperience building software through coursework, internships, research, hackathons, or personal projectsComfort writing code across both frontend and backend environmentsStrong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn quicklyAbility to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving prioritiesStrong written and verbal communication skillsPreferred QualificationsExperience with TypeScript or JavaScriptFamiliarity with modern frontend frameworks such as React or Next.jsFamiliarity with backend API developmentExperience with databases, cloud platforms, or systems integrationsInterest in AI products, developer tools, workflow automation, or enterprise softwareExperience shipping projects end-to-end, even if smallComfort navigating ambiguity and figuring things out independentlyWhat Success Looks LikeIn This Role, Success Means You CanTake a scoped problem and turn it into a working implementationMove comfortably between frontend and backend tasksWrite code that is clear, maintainable, and production-mindedLearn new systems quickly and contribute with increasing independenceImprove the speed, usability, or reliability of the tools and features you touchWhy Join Aviary AIWork directly with a small, high-ownership teamBuild software used in real production environmentsGain exposure to startup product engineering across frontend, backend, internal tooling, and integrationsLearn how AI-enabled software is built for high-trust, regulated industriesGet meaningful responsibility rather than purely sandboxed intern workPotential opportunity to grow into a longer-term role