Software Engineering Intern

Claylabs
New York, NY
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to students with hands-on software development experience working in AI-driven SaaS environments.

Best fit for

  • Students with prior software development experience and interest in AI technologies
    — “You have some hands-on experience building software — through 2 previous internships, coursework, personal projects, or hackathons.”
  • Candidates who thrive in collaborative, cross-functional environments
    — “You love to collaborate with others to ship high quality, thoughtful features.”
  • Individuals open to learning new tech stacks and working in a dynamic culture
    — “You're familiar with some of our tech stack, or excited to learn quickly.”

Things to consider

  • The role may require adapting to a fast-evolving tech stack and company mission.
    — “Our current tech stack is: React, Typescript, Python, Node.js”
  • Candidates must be prepared to engage with customer feedback and product development.
    — “You're curious about talking to customers, thinking through different approaches”

How to stand out

  • Highlight AI-related projects or coursework in your resume and interview responses.
    — “AI enthusiast: You have built or prototyped features with AI technologies”
  • Emphasize your ability to decompose complex problems and deliver clean solutions.
    — “Thoughtful problem-solving: For you, problem-solving starts with a clear and accurate understanding of the context.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • build software through internships, coursework, personal projects, or hackathons
  • contribute to AI forward company
Typical background
pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related field

Skills & requirements

Required

Software DevelopmentAI TechnologiesProblem-solvingTeamwork

Preferred

LlmsEmbeddingsML

Stack & domain

PythonReactTypeScriptNode.js

About the role

Original posting from Claylabs via Ashby

ABOUT CLAY

AI is unleashing the biggest wave of company creation in history. Clay's mission is to be the engine those companies use to grow to their full potential.

Clay predicts the next best action for your business and then helps you take it. We started by aggregating the best data for B2B companies. Then, we built the infrastructure to run any personalized campaign on top of it, including emails, ads, landing pages, and workflows that make reps more productive. Now, we're building agents that can help grow your company for you. We're already helping thousands of customers — including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Visa — go to market with unique data, signals, and AI research.

In 2026, we raised a $115M Series D https://www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2026%2F09%2F09%2Fbusiness%2Fdealbook%2Fclay-ai-fundraising.html%3Fsmid%3Durl-share%26unlocked_article_code%3D1._1A.E5rN.MeYsbgEsUKbB&urlhash=XS4q&mt=4bpSf4a8omAKuAHqAqZx6C11QpbLK_QwIhSV7gSf4Wf9aywPF_KBSiX9IkWE1AhXBEjPH8mK6fAEN7CMFlpvo0lPAtKRjs-dhgzYqHiVKUMCRtw0jScFgxWCRRfYs4HCX0YL9L6PCQz-edBLinvRdU_TaVUL2dA3&isSdui=true&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BoQmIsufoRJm7X2HC5Rqd%2Fw%3D%3D at $7.1B Valuation led by Wellington — and are on track to cross $200M in revenue this quarter. We also launched a $1M Scholarship fund for GTME Education.

Some things to know about us:

  • Our community http://community.clay.com includes 17,000+ customers, 200+ integration partners, 125+ agencies, 50+ Clay clubs https://luma.com/claylive, and 30k members on Slack.
  • Our culture https://nextplayso.substack.com/p/spotlight-clay is unique inside and outside of work. Our team members are also DJs, activists, writers, clowns, marathoners, skydivers, psychedelic therapists, social workers, and more.
  • All employees can work with world-class coaches who specialize in creativity, management, and more.
  • Our operating principles — including negative maintenance and non-attached action — guide our work. Read more about them here https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61477f2c24a826836f969afe/685d83a71452245cc1129791_4d770abfd83e276ec15315a2e06945bd_Clay2025_OperatingPrinciples.pdf.
  • Read about us in the NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/business/dealbook/clay-ai-marketing-fundraise.html, Forbes http://google.com/search?q=forbes+clay&rlz=1C5OZZY_enUS1155US1155&oq=forbes+clay&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABNIBBzkzM2owajSoAgOwAgHxBVAe8UAxJx_p&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8, First Round Review https://review.firstround.com/podcast/inside-clays-unconventional-path-to-1-25b/, and more https://www.clay.com/press.

Hear from our employees directly on our Glassdoor https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Clay-EI_IE9850794.11,15.htm page!

QUALIFICATIONS

  • You're currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • You have some hands-on experience building software — through 2 previous internships, coursework, personal projects, or hackathons.
  • AI enthusiast: You have built or prototyped features with AI technologies (LLMs, embeddings, ML) and are interested in learning more at an AI forward company!
  • Thoughtful problem-solving: For you, problem-solving starts with a clear and accurate understanding of the context. You can decompose tricky problems and work towards a clean solution, by yourself or with teammates. You're comfortable asking for help when you get stuck.
  • You love to collaborate with others to ship high quality, thoughtful features. You're curious about talking to customers, thinking through different approaches, and working with teammates to find the right solution.
  • Diversity of perspectives and interests. We hope to build a team that is curious, and open-minded.
  • You're familiar with some of our tech stack, or excited to learn quickly. Our current tech stack is:
  • React, Typescript, Python, Node.js
  • AWS services: Aurora (Postgres), Elasticache (Redis), Elastic Container Registry (ECR), ECS (Fargate), Lambda, OpenSearch
  • IaC: Terraform
  • Deployment tools: CircleCI, Netlify, Playwright
  • Observability tools: Cloudwatch, Datadog, Mezmo

Source: Claylabs careers (Ashby)

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