Presto is the leading Voice AI company for restaurant drive-thrus, operating at scale in complex, noisy, customer-facing environments. As the AI partner to more than a dozen of the most iconic American restaurant brands, Presto is building one of the most impactful real-world applications of AI, directly improving revenue, labor efficiency, and guest experience for millions of people.
Founded by alumni from MIT, the University of Waterloo and University of Illinois, Presto is built on a deeply technical, entrepreneurial engineering culture. We place a premium on ownership, speed, and first principles thinking, empowering engineers to move quickly, experiment boldly, and solve hard, real-world problems.
AI is not a feature at Presto, it is the foundation of how we build, evaluate, and evolve our products. We are backed by Remus Capital, were a Y Combinator company, and are headquartered in Silicon Valley.
This may not be the right fit if you're looking for a passive, low-ownership internship. We move at the pace of AI. Presto is for builders, experimenters, and problem-solvers who thrive in ambiguity and are excited to work on real-world AI systems alongside a high-performance team.
We are looking for AI Engineering Interns to contribute to the core intelligence behind Presto's Voice AI platform.
This is a hands-on technical internship at the intersection of large language models, real-time systems, and production AI. You will work on systems that power live customer interactions across thousands of restaurant locations, where performance, latency, and reliability matter.
You'll gain direct exposure to the full AI development lifecycle, from prototyping new capabilities to supporting production deployments.
You'll work on production AI systems deployed at meaningful scale, with real ownership over your contributions. You'll be immersed in a high-performance, entrepreneurial engineering environment, iterating quickly, learning constantly, and shipping work that directly impacts millions of customer interactions.
Presto offers competitive internship compensation commensurate with experience and location. Interns also receive hands-on mentorship, exposure to a high-performance AI team, and the opportunity to convert to a full-time role based on performance.
We value people from all walks of life and are committed to building an inclusive, equitable work environment. We strongly encourage candidates from historically underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Presto Phoenix, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
If you need an accommodation to access the application or interview process, please contact recruiting@presto.com.
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