Infrastructure Intern
Company: Etched
Location: San Jose
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
About Etched Etched is building the world’s first AI inference
system purpose-built for transformers - delivering over 10x higher
performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200.
With Etched ASICs, you can build products that would be impossible
with GPUs, like real-time video generation models and extremely
deep & parallel chain-of-thought reasoning agents. Backed by
hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading
engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the
fastest growing industry in history. Job Summary Our infrastructure
role drives the development and adoption of next-generation
infrastructure tooling, enabling Etched ASIC, Software, and
Platform engineers to iterate faster, build more reliably, and push
the boundaries of AI performance. This includes working on our
hybrid-cloud high-performance compute (HPC) clusters, massively
parallel CI executions, Infrastructure-as-code, scale-out
observability platform with LLM integration, and building
high-quality tools that engineers love using. You may be a good fit
if you have Progress towards a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree
in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
Proficiency in C/C++ or Rust Proficiency in Python (for interns
interested in systems software) Strong fundamentals in data
structures and algorithms Strong understanding of low-level
software engineering Strong understanding of hardware/software
co-design Excellent communication and collaboration skills Strong
candidates may also have (Nice to have qualifications) Experience
with Linux internals, kernel development, or driver debugging
Experience with hardware diagnostics or interpreting hardware logs
Exposure to server virtualization or CI/CD pipelines Experience
with Rust or embedded development We encourage you to apply even if
you do not believe you meet every qualification. Program details
12-week paid internship (June - August 2026) Generous housing
support for those relocating Daily lunch and dinner in our office
Based at our office in San Jose, CA Direct mentorship from industry
leaders and world-class engineers Opportunity to work on one of the
most important problems of our time For any questions, contact
internships@etched.com How we’re different Etched believes in the
Bitter Lesson . We think most of the progress in the AI field has
come from using more FLOPs to train and run models, and the best
way to get more FLOPs is to build model-specific hardware. Larger
and larger training runs encourage companies to consolidate around
fewer model architectures, which creates a market for single-model
ASICs. We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and
greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between
engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff
to contribute to both as needed.
Keywords: Etched, Union City , Infrastructure Intern, Engineering , San Jose, California
