What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Engineer Intern (Summer 2026) position at Axle?
Axle
Axle is a universal API for access to insurance. We make it easy for consumers to securely share their insurance data to companies they trust, in seconds.
Axle is a fast growing, seed-stage startup backed by leading investors including Google's AI-focused fund (Gradient Ventures), Y Combinator, and angels from companies like Plaid and Cox Automotive. Our team is based in New York.
For more details, check us out at https://axle.insure.
Who are we looking for?
Axle is looking for engineering interns who will build and evolve products that will expand the possibilities of how insurance works in our every day lives. Our interns will work directly on production code as part of our product team, contributing to our core products.
What will you be doing?
Build something transformative - Help build the insurance data infrastructure of the future.
Axle is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe in actively building a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to better allow our employees, products, and community to thrive.
Axle is a universal API for access to insurance. We make it easy for consumers to securely share their insurance data to companies they trust, in seconds.
Axle is a fast growing, seed-stage startup backed by leading investors including Google's AI-focused fund (Gradient Ventures), Y Combinator, and angels from companies like Plaid and Cox Automotive. Our team is based in New York.
For more details, check us out at https://axle.insure.
Who are we looking for?
Axle is looking for engineering interns who will build and evolve products that will expand the possibilities of how insurance works in our every day lives. Our interns will work directly on production code as part of our product team, contributing to our core products.
What will you be doing?
- Contribute to our LLM-based data inference and agentic workflows.
- Build and improve our TypeScript-based microservices.
- Work with React on the frontend, enhancing the user experience.
- Help build and maintain integrations with complex external APIs.
- Directly interface with customers or users to translate feedback into product direction.
- Collaborate with senior engineers and learn best practices in API design, services architecture, and data transformation.
- Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong familiarity with TypeScript and React (coursework or personal projects are great).
- Excitement about working at a startup and taking ownership of projects.
- Some experience with APIs (building or consuming them).
- Experience working with cloud platforms (namely AWS).
- Experience working with leading LLM models and agentic SDKs.
Build something transformative - Help build the insurance data infrastructure of the future.
- Hands-on experience working on a product used by thousands of users every day.
- Mentorship from experienced engineers.
- A fast-paced, collaborative environment where you can make an impact right away.
- Competitive internship compensation.
- Note: While we may make exceptions, we are not at this time making offers for full-time positions at the end of the internship.
Axle is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe in actively building a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to better allow our employees, products, and community to thrive.
Salary : $15,000 - $25,000