AI Engineering Student Internship (Winter or Summer 2026)
About Bloom
Bloom is a YC X25 startup building the first AI app builder that lets anyone build full-stack native apps directly from their phone, publish them to the App Store, and even airdrop apps to friends. We raised $3.4M from YC and angels from OpenAI, Expo, Convex, Hugging Face and more.
Our mission is to unlock the creator economy for software — making app development as easy as talking to your phone.
We’re a small, ambitious team in Zurich, working at the intersection of AI, code generation, design systems, and developer tooling.
You’ll be joining us at one of the most exciting moments in our journey — right after product-market fit is taking shape and with a ton of open technical problems to solve.
🧠 What You’ll Work On
You’ll work on real problems that sit at the intersection of AI, code generation, and mobile creation. Depending on your background and interests, you could:
- Build and improve AI systems that can design, code, and ship complete mobile apps.
- Develop and scale backend infrastructure that powers thousands of app builds every week.
- Create beautiful, intuitive tools that make complex software creation feel effortless.
- Build internal systems, dashboards, and agents that help us move faster as a team.
- Explore new approaches to app deployment, testing, and instant sharing.
You’ll ship code that thousands of builders will use every week — and see your work go live in production within days.
🌱 About You
Core Traits
- You love to build — weekends, hackathons, side projects.
- You have high agency and curiosity; you move fast and learn faster.
- You care about the experience of people trying to build apps for the first time.
- You’re fluent in TypeScript and comfortable across the stack.
Bonus Points
- Experience with React Native / Expo / Swift / Kotlin / Convex / AI SDK / Model fine-tuning / Evals
- You’ve built something cool on Bloom / are an active member of the Bloom community.
🧩 Example Open Problems
- How do we build the world’s most reliable AI coding agent?
- How can we imbue design taste into generative systems?
- How do we make AI-generated apps fast, secure, and App Store-ready?
- How can users share apps like content — instantly, with friends or coworkers?
🚀 Why intern at Bloom
Build with a YC-backed founding team shipping daily from Zurich.
Work on technology that’s changing how humans create software forever.
Mentorship from the most talented engineers across YC and ETH networks.
Potential to transition into a full-time role upon graduation.
🌍 Location
Bloom HQ is in Zurich, one of Europe’s most exciting tech hubs — home to ETH Zurich (Einstein’s alma mater), a vibrant AI startup scene, and surrounded by nature, mountains and lakes. Spend your week building awesome things for thousands of users, and spend weekends outdoors or exploring Europe!
How to apply
- Apply here through our YC job description. Tell us why this role speaks to you, in whichever format you feel more comfortable with.
- Share something you’ve built, shipped, or led. No need to be humble about things you are proud of.
- Link to your GitHub, portfolio, or anything you’ve built.
- Link to your socials (X, LinkedIn, website, whatever shows off your vibe).
Interview process
- Take-home challenge
- Chat with the team