Software Engineering Intern (Fall 2026, Winter 2027)
at Waypoint Transit — We automate urban planning so cities can build cheaper and faster.
What the role involves
We’re Waypoint. We’re on a mission to help cities automate transportation planning and eventually urban planning broadly. Cities face staffing shortages and budget crunches, but good planning is essential for tackling challenges like affordability, mobility, and design of human-centric cities.
We’re already working with 10+ municipalities across the US to bring AI into their daily workflows, freeing up planners to focus on the big problems.
As an intern, you’ll work on real customer-facing projects that shape how cities operate. We believe an internship here is the best training for becoming a founder: you’ll get autonomy, ownership, and mentorship while solving hard, meaningful problems. We’re full through the summer but are open to interns any time of the year.
What You’ll Do
Build features and workflows used by city governments. Your code will directly impact built infrastructure and prioritization in cities.
Design and launch your own product ideas, guided by customer needs.
Talk directly with city planners to learn their challenges.
Work on tough engineering problems at the edge of what’s possible with AI.
What You’ll Gain
Experience working in a fast-paced environment where you can have an idea in the morning and ship to customers by the end of the day.
Direct mentorship from our founding team and access to our network of founders.
Hands-on experience in GovTech.
A deep understanding of what it means to be customer-obsessed.
The opportunity to work on challenges with real-world impact.
What We’re Looking For
Autonomy: you can take a task and bring it to completion.
Persistence: you can work through a hard problem even if the solution is non-obvious.
Passion: you take pride in your work and you pay attention to the details.
Engineering mentality: you find joy in building, and you have built things in the past.
About Waypoint Transit
Waypoint Transit is an AI city planner that generates civil infrastructure studies. Cities spend $50B/year on planning. With Waypoint, cities can generate reports in months rather than years, and at 30% of the cost. Varun and Ryan met at Stanford, where they graduated with degrees in CS and EE respectively. Before founding Waypoint, Varun worked on AI at Microsoft and Ryan worked on chip design at Apple. US cities are facing three major crises: congestion, budget deficits, and climate change. At the same time, city governments are understaffed and frequently need to contract work out to expensive consultants. Leveraging recent advancements in AI, we empower cities to reduce their costs, build infrastructure, and respond to problems quickly. In the United States, state and local governments spend $50B/year on planning. Through automation, we can redefine the existing transportation and urban planning consulting markets. For more information, visit waypointtransit.com or contact us at contact@waypointtransit.com.
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