Finance Intern

Role Summary

About Etched

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.

As we scale our company, we will face many operational challenges. From deciding pricing, SKUs, and unit economics to accounting, financing strategies, and supply chain management, we are looking for a Finance intern to tackle strategic financial challenges and execute on our day-to-day finance operations.

You will work closely with the executive team to drive financial models, assist with purchase orders and accounts payable, and learn about key strategic issues across the organization, from supply chain to product. You’ll get hands-on experience across FP&A, accounting operations, vendor payments, and pricing/unit economics modeling. We are looking for Fall '26, Spring '27, and Summer '27 interns.

You may be a good fit if you have

• Previous internship experience in consulting, banking, or early startup environments
• Understanding of cash flow management, bank reconciliation, and bookkeeping
• Track record of excellent project management and data analysis skills
• Willingness to do a broad set of finance, accounting, and operations work
• Comfort with Excel/Sheets or basic financial modeling

Strong candidates may also have experience with

• Technical Curiosity: experience, education, or interest in computer science, electrical engineering, artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• Industry interest: Deep curiosity about the AI ecosystem, including emerging trends, cutting-edge technologies, and industry innovations.
• Startup Acumen: Interest in startup finance (equity, cap tables, fundraising)

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every qualification.

About the Company

Program details

• 12-week paid internship
• Generous housing support for those relocating
• Daily lunch and dinner in our office
• Based at our office in San Jose, CA
• Direct mentorship from industry leaders and world-class engineers
• Opportunity to work on one of the most important problems of our time

For any questions, contact internships@etched.com.

How we’re different

Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html. We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system. Our addressable market is the entirety of inference, unlike many of our competitors.

We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both and work across disciplines as needed.