Software Engineering Intern

At Podium we bring AI Employees to local businesses that turn every conversation into revenue. Trusted by 60000 businesses across Auto Home Services and Aesthetics Podium captures and converts leads 24/7 driving both new business and repeat customers.

In under 24 months we crossed $100M in AI Agent ARR scaling 300% year-over-year. During this time weve deployed 10000 AI employees to empower real business outcomes for our customers. Podium is building what we believe will be the most impactful AI employee ecosystem for local business.

Podium has been recognized as the Best AI Implementation by Inc. Magazine highlighted by OpenAI for building revenue-driving AI Agents and awarded the #1 AI Agent for Business Operations by G2.

Our growth is fueled by hiring exceptional people holding them to high standards and creating opportunities for them to grow and make an impact. Our operating principles guide daily behavior and ensure we hire people who will thrive at Podium. If youre hungry for growth aligned to our operating principles and ready to get to work you wont find a better place to learn and accelerate your career.

The Role

Podium is looking for a motivated and talented Software Engineering Intern to join our engineering team and help build the future of local business communication.

Podium is a leader in the AI agentic software space helping local businesses automate customer interactions improve conversion and deliver better customer experiences at scale. Our AI products already represent more than $100M in AI ARR and we are continuing to invest heavily in building intelligent reliable and high-impact software that transforms how businesses operate.

As a Software Engineering Intern you will work on real production systems that serve thousands of businesses and millions of customer interactions. You will contribute across product features backend services infrastructure data systems and AI-powered experiences. You will learn quickly ship meaningful work and collaborate with experienced engineers product managers designers and cross-functional partners.

This role is ideal for someone who is excited to solve real customer problems build scalable software grow rapidly as an engineer and contribute to products that are shaping the next generation of business automation.

What you will be doing:

• Build test and ship high-quality software used by local businesses every day.
• Design and implement product features backend services APIs data pipelines and infrastructure that support reliable customer experiences at scale.
• Work on systems that power high-volume real-time customer interactions across channels such as messaging web chat voice and other communication surfaces.
• Collaborate with engineers product managers designers and other stakeholders to turn customer needs into simple scalable technical solutions.
• Contribute to AI-powered product experiences including agentic workflows automation and intelligent customer engagement.
• Write clean maintainable code and participate in code reviews design discussions testing and operational improvements.
• Learn modern engineering practices while helping improve system performance reliability security and developer velocity.
• Take ownership of projects that have measurable impact on customers revenue and the future of Podiums platform.

What you should have:

• A Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 01 year of professional software engineering experience including relevant internships co-ops or substantial project work.
• Strong programming fundamentals and experience with at least one modern programming language such as Python JavaScript/TypeScript Java Go Ruby or similar.
• Solid understanding of data structures algorithms software design APIs databases and distributed systems fundamentals.
• A desire to build reliable scalable production-quality software.
• Curiosity about AI and enthusiasm for using modern AI tools to learn build and improve development workflows.
• Strong problem-solving skills ownership mindset and ability to learn quickly in a fast-moving environment.
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach to working with technical and non-technical teammates.

What we hope you have:

• Internship coursework or project experience building full-stack applications backend services data systems infrastructure or developer tools.
• Exposure to cloud platforms distributed systems event-driven architectures or high-scale production systems.
• Experience with relational or NoSQL databases API design testing frameworks observability tools or CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor Claude Code Codex GitHub Copilot or similar.
• Interest in AI agents automation LLMs or applying AI to solve practical business problems.
• A track record of building projects outside the classroom contributing to open source participating in hackathons or taking initiative to learn new technologies.
• Comfort working in an iterative environment where teams experiment measure impact and ship quickly.

Why youll love working here:

• Join the leaders in AI agents Podium is at the forefront of agentic AI for local businesses with more than $100M in AI ARR and a major opportunity ahead.
• Build products with real-world impact Your work will help local businesses win more customers save time and deliver better experiences.
• Grow your career quickly You will learn from experienced engineers take on meaningful ownership and build skills across modern software systems.
• Work with world-class talent Join a team that values high standards collaboration curiosity and execution.
• Ship software that matters At Podium engineers work on products that directly impact customers and the business.

Benefits

• (If local to Utah) Work in this building in Lehi UT 5 days a week
• Open and transparent culture
• Life insurance long and short-term disability coverage
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Fertility Benefits
• Generous vacation time plus three 4-day summer holiday weekends
• Excellent medical dental and vision benefits
• 401k Plan
• Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel
• A stellar HQ (Utah) gym with local professional coaches and classes offered
• Onsite HQ (Utah) child care center subsidized for employees

Podium is an equal opportunity employer. Podium provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender national origin sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability genetic information marital status or veteran status.