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Persona

Software Engineer, Intern (Summer 2027)

San Francisco (Remote)temporaryinternAdded today

About this role

Persona is seeking a software engineering intern for summer 2027 to work on their identity verification platform. You'll ship code early, receive dedicated mentorship, and collaborate across teams to build scalable systems that serve millions of users at companies like OpenAI and Reddit.

What you'll do

  • Design and ship foundational features of the identity platform
  • Partner directly with customers to understand needs and build product solutions
  • Handle high-scale data processing and system performance challenges
  • Collaborate across product, design, and sales teams on cross-functional projects
  • Write production-quality code and participate in code reviews
  • Work independently while receiving regular 1:1 mentorship and feedback

What they're looking for

  • Full-stack web development
  • Data modeling and schema design
  • Ruby/Rails or TypeScript/React
  • Python or mobile development (iOS/Android)
  • Problem-solving and debugging
  • Collaboration and communication
  • Ability to learn new technologies quickly
  • Experience with high-scale systems

Benefits

  • Dedicated 1:1 mentorship from experienced engineers
  • Ship code and features to millions of users
  • Work in a fast-growing Series C startup environment
  • Hybrid work arrangement (in-office Tue-Thu, WFH Mon-Fri)
  • Exposure to real customer problems and direct customer interaction
  • Cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and sales teams
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Persona

Persona builds an identity verification platform supported by data products, infrastructure, and networking systems that handle large-scale operations. The company is hiring Software Engineers for data products and platform teams, a networking specialist, a Security Engineer, and Solutions Engineers to support customer implementations and platform reliability.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a full-stack project you've built and the architectural decisions you made.
  • How would you approach designing a database schema for handling millions of user identity verifications?