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Summer 2026 Software Engineering Intern
internship•San Francisco
About this role
Who We Are
Koah Labs is building the ad network to power the next generation of AI-native products. Our mission is to help publishers monetize and help advertisers reach the right audience — without compromising speed, UX, or privacy.
We’re a small, tight-knit team in San Francisco with backgrounds at X, Apple, Meta, and early-stage startups. We’ve raised $5.7M from top investors and are growing fast with real traction on both the publisher and advertiser sides.
Interning at Koah means you’ll help shape the company and the ecosystem we’re building. We move quickly, operate with high trust, and care deeply about craft.
Our Stack
Infra: Terraform, AWS, LGTM (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir), Tailscale, Cloudflare
Data: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, Kafka, Python
Core Application: Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript
SDKs: Flutter, React Native, Android, iOS
Example Summer Internship Projects
Build an internal tool to make our engineering and customer success processes more efficient. Work with the team to understand pain points, prototype solutions, and ship something that saves time every day.
Analyze historical click and conversion data to identify patterns, then propose new features for our ad matching system which leverage these insights.
Identify front-end product improvements, propose solutions, then build, test, and ship impactful changes.
Timeline
We intend to make hiring decisions in February and March 2026.
We expect candidates to be available for an approximately 10-week internship starting in the late spring or early summer 2026.
You might be a fit if
You are pursuing a degree in Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field
You enjoy identifying and owning challenging problems, forming testable hypotheses, and conducting impactful research to drive significant business impact
You have a relentless focus on continuous learning and making an impact with an ability to question the status quo
You enjoy communicating conclusions to both technical and non-technical audiences
What you'll do
- Interns will help shape the company and the ecosystem by working on projects that improve engineering and customer success processes, analyze data for insights, and propose front-end product improvements. The role involves prototyping solutions and shipping impactful changes.
About Koah Labs
Koah is the GenAI Ad Network:
Publishers can monetize AI chat without compromising UX — and advertisers can reach high-intent users with 1:1 engagement inside GenAI environments.
Native-built for AI, optimized for performance, and backed by Forerunner Ventures and South Park Commons — Koah is the go-to ad network for monetizing GenAI.
📬 Reach out at [email protected] to get started.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does a Summer 2026 Software Engineering Intern do at Koah Labs?
As a Summer 2026 Software Engineering Intern at Koah Labs, you will: interns will help shape the company and the ecosystem by working on projects that improve engineering and customer success processes, analyze data for insights, and propose front-end product improvements. The role involves prototyping solutions and shipping impactful changes..
Is the Summer 2026 Software Engineering Intern position at Koah Labs remote?
The Summer 2026 Software Engineering Intern position at Koah Labs is based in San Francisco, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.
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