
Intern, Software Engineer – Perception
Hayden AI
internship
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $45 per hour
Job Level
About the role
- Contribute directly to the AI systems that power our mobile enforcement platform.
- Work on computer vision and machine learning models that process real-world video and image data to detect traffic violations and urban compliance events.
- Improve model accuracy, build or refine training datasets, evaluate edge cases, optimize inference performance, or develop tooling to support perception pipelines across cloud and on-device environments.
- Own meaningful technical work that contributes to production systems.
- Design experiments, implement improvements, test performance, and help ship enhancements that directly impact how our systems interpret and act on the physical world.
- Collaborate with engineers in code reviews and team discussions.
- Participate in standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a Master’s or PhD program in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience in one or more of the following programming languages: Python, C++
- Detail-oriented with a high bar for quality and accuracy.
- Curious and self-driven, motivated to dig into problems and find root causes.
- Strong communicator who can clearly document findings and surface issues to the right stakeholders.
- Collaborative team player who thrives in cross-functional environments.
- Organized and reliable, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and follow through consistently.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to make progress with limited direction.
Benefits
- Options for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents (for US employees)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA)
- 401(k) with 3% company matching
- Unlimited PTO
- Daily catered lunches in our San Francisco office
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
computer visionmachine learningPythonC++model accuracytraining datasetsinference performanceperception pipelinesexperiment designperformance testing
Soft Skills
detail-orientedcuriousself-drivenstrong communicatorcollaborativeorganizedreliableability to manage multiple taskscomfortable with ambiguityproblem-solving
Certifications
Master’s degreePhD