Forward Deployed Engineering Intern, AI-Native (Hybrid)
Hi, Future Homie!
At Homebase, you’ll join a team that’s bold, fast-moving, and obsessed with helping small businesses thrive. We build with empathy, act with urgency, and take big swings that drive real-world impact. Here, every Homie shows up to raise the bar, support one another, and celebrate wins as a team.
We’re not just building an app—we’re building unstoppable teams. So what do you say, are you in?
This is a 3-month summer internship (June 2026 –August 2026) in Houston, Texas.
📍Your Impact Starts Here
We're looking for a Forward Deployed Engineering Intern who loves mapping real workflows, breaking down ambiguous problems, and shipping AI automations that directly improve how our internal teams operate. In this role, you'll embed primarily with our People Team (Talent, HR, and beyond), learn how their work gets done, and rapidly experiment with LLM-powered solutions that drive measurable impact.
This internship is a fit if you're excited about AI-first engineering, fast iteration, and operating at the front lines of the business. You'll help build the playbooks and tools that shape how Homebase adopts AI across the company.
These are the key ways you'll contribute and create impact in this role:
- Embed with the People team, including Talent Acquisition and HR functions, to map workflows, surface pain points, and identify high-leverage AI automation opportunities that level up how we hire, onboard, and support our team.
- Design, prototype, and ship AI-powered automations end-to-end, applying LLMs creatively to real business workflows in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
- Build full-stack solutions: From Python scripts and backend services to intuitive React interfaces — for internal teams to use in production.
- Operate like a product-minded engineer: Run interviews, co-design solutions, and iterate based on real-world usage and feedback.
- Measure impact rigorously: Ship changes that move metrics like rep talk time, ticket defl...