Software Engineer Intern

Software engineering Intern — Build the future of data teams experience.

Location: Paris 11, France

Hello, we're nao Labs

We are building an open-source AI agent for data analytics.

We are an early stage start-up with 2 cofounders - we joined Y Combinator Spring 2025 batch and STATION F and are now based in Paris 11.

We already have a first product - AI IDE for data people - used by 100+ data teams. We are now rolling out a new product - the open source analytics agent. So we’re looking for a founding engineer to help us build it!

We are a cofounding team with 18+ years experience in data/AI:

• Claire, our CEO, was Data Scientist at BCG Gamma, then head of data at sunday
• Christophe, our CTO, was staff Data Engineer at FreeNow, then worked as a freelance for Blablacar, Qonto. He then created his own blog and data community, blef.fr

We're looking for

We’re looking for a Software engineering intern to join us and help build our product.

As we will be a small team of 4 people, we like to have everyone bring the most they can to the product. So we’ll work as a team on tech/product roadmap, and you’ll be fully included in the sales/business strategy as well.

You will

• Contribute to nao frontend, backend and AI features
• Design small to large scale features powering nao features like agentic workflows for data work, UI for chat & analytics
• Work within a small team that moves fast to invent how data people use AI to work better and faster - and collaborate closely with the founders
• Have a significant impact in a early-stage startup and join a fast-pace environment
• Gain experience in building open source tools and working at the cutting edge of AI and software engineering.

You are

• Entrepreneurial — ready to build, ship, and iterate fast
• Autonomous and curious — ready to learn constantly on the newest AI technologies
• Passionate for software engineering and interested in building open source tools.

Tech

The product uses these main technologies:

Front: React, Typescript

Back: node.js, Python

Agentic system: Vercel, OpenAI, Anthropic

Apply

Start Date: Flexible (Mars 2026 preferred)

Compensation: 1200€ / brut.

Location: Mainly on-site in our Paris 11 office. Remote available.

Join us at nao Labs and help shape the future of data work. Let’s build something incredible together!