Surface Labs

About Surface Labs Surface Labs is an applied AI lab building AI-native infrastructure for B2B go-to-market teams. We operate two products today: Lead Operations Center — unifies lead capture, qualification, routing, follow-ups, and long-term nurture so marketers spend 80% less time on manual ops and more time converting leads into revenue. Content Operations Center — AEO/GEO monitoring, AI search visibility tracking, and AI-powered content pipelines that help B2B brands dominate ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Copilot results. We're live in production with Surface AI agents processing 50K+ leads monthly, are backed by YC/Garry Tan and Dharmesh Shah (co-founder of HubSpot), and just doubled our team size in the last 2 months across Engineering, Design, and GTM. The Role You'll use AI to ship ads for Surface Labs. Static creatives, video ads, landing pages, all of it. We give you the ad budget. We give you the AI tools (Claude, Remotion, Midjourney, Runway, all covered). We give you the brand, the product, and the audience. Your job: run ads that actually convert into closed revenue. If you can do that, you get paid commission on every sale your ads drive. If you can do it consistently, you convert to a full-time Ad Engineer role with a real base salary, equity, and ongoing commission. This is a high-trust, high-upside role. No babysitting. No busywork. Just real budget, real AI tools, and real results. What You'll Actually Do Ship 20+ ad creatives per week (static + video) using Claude, Remotion, Midjourney, Runway, and similar AI tools Build and iterate on landing pages in Framer/Next.js that convert ad traffic into leads Run live campaigns across Meta, Google, LinkedIn, and Reddit with real Surface Labs budget ($5K to $20K/mo) Write ad copy, hooks, and CTAs at scale. Test dozens of variants weekly Track performance across CPC, CVR, CAC, and pipeline influenced Iterate weekly based on what actually drives closed revenue **No fancy marketing degrees required. Just AI fluency, sharp creative instincts, and the discipline to let data decide.** Who You Are Based in the US (SF Bay Area preferred) or India (any city) Power user of AI creative tools: Claude, Midjourney, Runway, Remotion, ElevenLabs, Sora, whatever works Have shipped ads before (personal brand, side project, freelance, agency, internship, any ads count, show us) Opinionated about what makes a hook stop the scroll Comfortable with ad dashboards (Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager) Ship fast, test everything, let the data decide Comfortable betting on yourself. This is commission-only during the internship Students, recent grads, career switchers, freelance marketers, all welcome Bonus: You've run campaigns with real budget ($1K+/mo), built landing pages in Framer/Webflow/Next.js, done CRO work, or have a TikTok/Reels account that actually gets views. Comp During the 3-month internship (pure commission): We give you the ad budget ($5K to $20K/mo, scaling with performance) We give you the AI tools: Claude, Midjourney, Runway, Remotion, Figma, Framer all covered You get paid commission on every sale your ads drive Commission structure: US-based interns: 15% of first-year ACV on every deal directly sourced by your ads. Realistic OTE if you're hitting: $100K to $200K/year. India-based interns: 15% of first-year ACV on every deal directly sourced by your ads. Realistic earnings if you're hitting: ₹150K to ₹300K/month. On conversion to full-time Ad Engineer (end of month 3): Base salary: $80K to $140K (US) / ₹15L to ₹25L per year (India) Commission continues: 10% to 15% of ACV on attributed deals Equity: 0.10% to 0.30% Full benefits (health, dental, vision) Equity: 0.10% to 0.30% Full benefits (health, dental, vision) If your ads aren't converting by month 2, we have an honest conversation and part ways amicably. No hard feelings. This role is hard and not everyone hits. Perks Fully remote (work from anywhere in the US or India) Real ad bu

About Surface Labs Surface Labs is an applied AI lab building AI-native infrastructure for B2B go-to-market teams. We operate two products today: Lead Operations Center — unifies lead capture, qualification, routing, follow-ups, and long-term nurture so marketers spend 80% less time on manual ops and more time converting leads into revenue. Content Operations Center — AEO/GEO monitoring, AI search visibility tracking, and AI-powered content pipelines that help B2B brands dominate ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Copilot results. We're live in production with Surface AI agents processing 50K+ leads monthly, are backed by YC/Garry Tan and Dharmesh Shah (co-founder of HubSpot), and just doubled our team size in the last 2 months across Engineering, Design, and GTM. The Role You'll write blogs for Surface Labs. That's it. No code, no meetings, no BS. Every blog you write that we publish on our website = you get paid. The better the blog performs — AEO visibility, traffic, pipeline influenced — the more you get paid. You'll learn how modern AI-search content works in real time — what gets cited by AI engines, what doesn't, and how to write for a world where Google is dying. By the end of the internship, you'll be one of maybe 500 people on Earth who actually know how to write AEO content that ranks. What You'll Actually Do Write 5-10 blog posts per week for withsurface.com on topics we assign (B2B marketing, lead ops, AEO, AI-native GTM) Use our 5-change AEO formula to optimize every blog for AI search visibility Track how your blogs perform across our PromptWatch system (147 monitored prompts across ChatGPT/Gemini/Perplexity/Copilot) Iterate based on what ranks and what doesn't No code. No engineering. Just sharp writing + AEO discipline. Who You Are Based in the US (SF Bay Area preferred) or India (any city) Can write clear, punchy English (B2B or consumer, both work — show us samples) Curious about AEO/GEO and where search is headed (or hungry to learn) Can take a topic and turn it into a 1,500-word blog in a day Meets deadlines, takes feedback fast, doesn't need hand-holding Students, recent grads, career switchers, freelance writers — all welcome Bonus: You've already published blogs somewhere, built a newsletter, run SEO, or written on LinkedIn/Medium/Substack. Comp Simple. Performance-based. Uncapped. US-based writers: $200–$500 per blog published on withsurface.com Rate depends on quality, length, and AEO performance. Top writers shipping 5-10 blogs/week earn $140K–$220K/year. India-based writers: ₹3,000–₹15,000 per blog published on withsurface.com Rate depends on quality, length, and AEO performance. Top writers shipping 3–4 blogs/week earn ₹140K–₹190K/month. Strong writers convert to full-time Content roles with equity (0.01%–0.1%) at the end of the 3-month internship. Perks Fully remote (work from anywhere in the US or India) Work whenever you want — we only care about output Direct feedback from our CEO (Saharsh) on every blog Your name on every blog you publish — real bylines on a YC-backed company site Real portfolio builder: by month 3 you'll have 20+ published blogs with traffic data International team off-sites if you convert to full-time How to Apply No LinkedIn DMs. No emails. Discord only. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/eKpcqkFW9X Post in #content-intern-applications with: Your name + city 2 writing samples (links to blogs, LinkedIn posts, newsletters, anything you've written) 1 paragraph: why Surface Labs + what topic you'd pitch for your first blog 1 weird/unexpected thing about you Good applications get a reply within 48 hours. Interview Timeline (2 weeks, end-to-end) Day 1–2: You apply in Discord Day 3–4: We review + reply in Discord. If it's a yes, we assign you the paid trial. Day 5–10: Paid Trial Blog — we assign you a topic, you write a 1,500-word AEO-optimized blog in 5 days. You get paid the base rate ($200 US / ₹3,000 India) whether we hire you or not. Day 11–14: Final Conver

About Surface Labs Surface Labs is an applied AI lab building AI-native infrastructure for B2B go-to-market teams. We operate two products today: Lead Operations Center: unifies lead capture, qualification, routing, follow-ups, and long-term nurture so marketers spend 80% less time on manual ops and more time converting leads into revenue. Content Operations Center: AEO/GEO monitoring, AI search visibility tracking, and AI-powered content pipelines that help B2B brands dominate ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Copilot results. We're live in production with Surface AI agents processing 50K+ leads monthly, are backed by YC/Garry Tan and Dharmesh Shah (co-founder of HubSpot), and just doubled our team size in the last 2 months across Engineering, Design, and GTM. The Role You'll be our GTM Engineer Intern, the hybrid builder who writes code to drive revenue. You'll build automations, enrichment pipelines, outbound systems, and AI agents that generate qualified meetings and closed deals for Surface Labs. We give you the tools. We give you the ICP. We give you the brand and the product. Your job: ship GTM systems that actually generate pipeline and close revenue. If you can do that, you get paid commission on every meeting and every deal your systems drive. If you can do it consistently, you convert to a full-time GTM Engineer role with a real base salary, equity, and ongoing commission. You'll use Clay, Claude, Apollo, Instantly, Smartlead, HubSpot APIs, Playwright, Puppeteer, and Python/TypeScript to build the GTM systems most startups pay consultants $20K/mo to set up. Except you'll ship them in a week. What You'll Actually Do Build enrichment + outbound pipelines in Clay that target YC founders, Series A to C B2B SaaS, and our ICP Write scripts in Python/TypeScript/Playwright to scrape, enrich, and qualify leads at scale Build AI agents (using Claude API) that personalize outbound at 1,000+ messages/day with 10%+ reply rates Wire up HubSpot, Apollo, Smartlead, Instantly, and other GTM tools into automated workflows Run live outbound experiments and iterate weekly Build internal dashboards that track meetings booked, pipeline generated, and deals influenced **You're not writing code for code's sake. You're shipping systems that generate revenue.** Who You Are Based in the US (SF Bay Area preferred) or India (any city) 1+ years writing code (college projects, side projects, freelance all count). Python, TypeScript, or both Comfortable with Claude, Cursor, or similar AI coding tools Interested in GTM, sales, and how B2B companies actually grow, not just engineering Have built or played with Clay, Apollo, Instantly, HubSpot, Smartlead, Playwright, Puppeteer, or similar Ship daily, measure everything, don't wait for permission Comfortable betting on yourself. This is commission-only during the internship Students, recent grads, career switchers, all welcome Bonus: You've run outbound campaigns yourself, built a scraper that actually worked, shipped a side project on Product Hunt, or interned at a B2B SaaS before. Comp During the 3-month internship (pure commission): We give you the full GTM stack: Clay, Apollo, Smartlead, Instantly, HubSpot, Claude API, all covered We give you the ICP, brand assets, and messaging frameworks You get paid commission on every meeting and deal your systems drive Commission structure: US-based interns: $150 per qualified meeting booked from systems you built $750 per meeting that converts to opportunity 10% of first-year ACV on every deal your pipelines directly sourced Realistic OTE if you're hitting: $120K to $220K/year India-based interns: ₹4,000 per qualified meeting booked from systems you built ₹20,000 per meeting that converts to opportunity 10% of first-year ACV on every deal your pipelines directly sourced Realistic earnings if you're hitting: ₹200K to ₹400K/month On conversion to full-time GTM Engineer (end of month 3): Base salary: $100K to $160K (US) / ₹20L to ₹35L per year (

About Surface Labs Surface Labs is an applied AI lab building the future of Marketing Operations. We’re backed by Y Combinator, Garry Tan, Dharmesh Shah (co-founder of HubSpot), and the CEO of AngelList, our AI agents have driven $40M+ in inbound pipeline and process 50K+ leads monthly. We're the CMO's best friend: less manual work, more pipeline, predictable revenue. Our system creates and captures demand with content agents that boost rankings in AI search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini), then systematically convert that traffic into qualified leads and demos on autopilot. In the last few months, we've grown from 5 → 12 people across Engineering, Design, and Content — and are now bringing on an SDR to scale our outbound motion. Our marketing efforts generate thousands of leads per month, and you'll work alongside a full-cycle AE, a GTM engineer, and the founder to convert those leads into demos. The Role Work directly with the CEO to run outbound and open doors at the right companies. High ownership, quota-carrying, with a track to Founding AE if you're killing it. In-office 5 days a week in SF (sometimes weekends) — we move fast and build together. What You'll Do Run outbound across cold calls, LinkedIn, email, and in-person (SF events + occasional travel) Convert thousands of monthly leads into qualified demos Own the full pipeline: targeting → messaging → scheduling → follow-up Hit monthly meeting quotas and keep CRM clean You're a Fit If You… 1–3 years in sales, GTM, or customer-facing roles (or strong hustle background) Have done the unglamorous work: built lists from scratch, ground out calls and emails all day, then did it again Comfortable with outbound and rejection Used tools like Clay, Sales Navigator, or Apollo Relentless, high-energy, and always growing Nice To Have Experience pitching B2B SaaS or GTM tech tools (HubSpot, Salesforce, marketing automation, etc.) Technical interest or experience (vibe coding, Claude Code, etc.) Willing to find ways to automate your job using AI automations/code Comp Base: $60K–$80K OTE: $90K–$110K (base + commission with accelerators) Equity: 0.05%–0.2% (4-year vest, 1-year cliff) Perks & Benefits Health, dental, and vision insurance 401k Plan Food and travel reimbursement MacBook International team off-sites

About Surface Labs Surface Labs is an applied AI lab building the future of Marketing Operations. We’re backed by Y Combinator, Garry Tan, Dharmesh Shah (co-founder of HubSpot), and the CEO of AngelList, our AI agents have driven $40M+ in inbound pipeline and process 50K+ leads monthly. We're the CMO's best friend: less manual work, more pipeline, predictable revenue. Our system creates and captures demand with content agents that boost rankings in AI search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini), then systematically convert that traffic into qualified leads and demos on autopilot. In the last few months, we've grown from 5 → 12 people across Engineering, Design, and Content — and are now bringing on an SDR to scale our outbound motion. Our marketing efforts generate thousands of leads per month, and you'll work alongside a full-cycle AE, a GTM engineer, and the founder to convert those leads into demos. The Role Work directly with the CEO to run outbound and open doors at the right companies. High ownership, quota-carrying, with a track to Founding AE if you're killing it. In-office 5 days a week in SF (sometimes weekends) — we move fast and build together. What You'll Do Run outbound across cold calls, LinkedIn, email, and in-person (SF events + occasional travel) Convert thousands of monthly leads into qualified demos Own the full pipeline: targeting → messaging → scheduling → follow-up Hit monthly meeting quotas and keep CRM clean You're a Fit If You… 1–3 years in sales, GTM, or customer-facing roles (or strong hustle background) Have done the unglamorous work: built lists from scratch, ground out calls and emails all day, then did it again Comfortable with outbound and rejection Used tools like Clay, Sales Navigator, or Apollo Relentless, high-energy, and always growing Nice To Have Experience pitching B2B SaaS or GTM tech tools (HubSpot, Salesforce, marketing automation, etc.) Technical interest or experience (vibe coding, Claude Code, etc.) Willing to find ways to automate your job using AI automations/code Comp Base: $60K–$80K OTE: $90K–$110K (base + commission with accelerators) Equity: 0.05%–0.2% (4-year vest, 1-year cliff) Perks & Benefits Health, dental, and vision insurance 401k Plan Food and travel reimbursement MacBook International team off-sites