Software Engineering Intern, Product (Summer 2026)
About Matroid
Matroid is a full-service computer vision company that has developed an end-to-end platform allowing enterprise customers to rapidly train and deploy automated visual inspection on imagery including EO, IR, X-Ray, CT, OCT, and others.
Founded in 2016 by a Stanford professor, Matroid has raised $33.5 million from NEA, Energize Ventures, and Intel Capital and has a broad range of customers and partners in manufacturing, industrial IoT, and security.
How will large language models transform computer vision? How do we bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and real-world deployment? Can computer vision answer more real-world questions — reliably, accurately, and responsibly?
These are the challenges we wrestle with every day on the Matroid product team. If you’re excited to turn these questions into impactful, user-facing products, we’d love to work with you for summer 2026.
What you’ll be doing — over the course of the summer, you’ll:
- Design and develop a significant feature computer vision platform that is truly the first of its kind
- Improve site performance on both the client and server-side
- Incorporate user feedback to design and build a better product
- Create better visualizations for the outputs of computer vision models running on video streams and images
- Ensure that our platform features work at an ever-growing scale
How you’ll be doing it
- You’ll be part of a world-class, multidisciplinary engineering team, where each member identifies and prioritizes valuable and interesting new features to work on
- You will operate in a collaborative but highly autonomous environment that isn’t bogged down by unnecessary meetings or project management
- You will know that almost everything you build affects real-world users, and you will set the quality standards for your work appropriately
- You will think creatively and your suggestions about new features and ideas will be considered by other members of the team
- You will have direct access to customers and be able to iterate on your features based on their feedback
- You’ll be working with modern technologies like React, Node.js, MongoDB, Docker, and Kubernetes
- You will learn a lot along the way, diving into new technologies and the world of computer vision both on your own and during frequent company tech talks
What you’ll be doing
- Developing a significant feature or features for Matroid’s computer vision platform
- Measuring and evaluating technology and design tradeoffs and alternatives
- Iteratively scoping, designing, and building your project while getting feedback and mentorship from experienced team members
How you’ll be doing it
- You will work on a standalone feature with autonomy, yet also have the guidance and mentorship of senior team members
- You’ll be working with a modern technology stack
- You will be part of a fast-moving, world-class, multidisciplinary engineering team at a Silicon Valley startup
- You will learn a lot along the way, diving into new technologies and the world of computer vision both on your own and during frequent company tech talks.
What you bring to the table
- Working towards a degree in CS or equivalent
- Significant experience working web applications on either via previous work experience or personal projects
- Passion for and attention to detail when working on user-facing features
- Expertise with JavaScript / TypeScript and React
- Willingness and eligibility for security clearance up to TS/SCI
Bonus points if...
- You’ve built browser based features on top of machine learning technologies
- Have experience with: Redux, Node.js, Express.js
- Have worked with video or graphics in the browser
What we offer in return
- Competitive pay and compensation.
- The chance to constantly work on stimulating intellectual challenges.
- Gym membership reimbursement.
- Free lunch, healthy drinks, and snacks every day.
- A flexible schedule that leaves time for all of your other interests.
- Resources to learn about the cutting edge of software engineering and computer vision.
- You’ll be working at our new office in downtown Palo Alto, just a five-minute walk from the Caltrain station.
Matroid is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.