Groq is not for everyone
Jonathan Ross created the TPU at Google. But he knew he could build something better for inference. So he sold all his shares. Walked away. And got to work.
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- How we work.
Build. Ship. Repeat. High-performance is the baseline, and it's contagious.
- Who we hire.
You’re not here by accident. Neither is anyone else.
- What we do.
We solve really complex problems. We build fast.
Program Highlights
Groq Internships
Internship applications for our Winter 2026 Internship Program, January through May, will open in the Fall. Our Summer Internship Program runs from May through September.
Why Intern at Groq?
- Hiring Process
Skip the LeetCode grind, highlight your GitHub and the real work you've done. Talk about what you’ve actually created and show us how you master new concepts quickly; we value both academic excellence and practical skill.
- Mentorship
Direct access to engineers who've shipped products at scale for some of the world’s largest companies. Watch how they work, ask questions, then apply it to your own code. Get real feedback on your implementations.
- Meaningful Work
Work on what interests you. Want to fix UX? Build developer tools? Optimize the next generation of AI hardware? We'll find projects that match your skills and interests.
- Open-Source Contributions
Contribute to projects developers actually use, like designing, building, and optimizing the LPU or shipping your code to production systems worldwide.
- Industry Impact
Work on core AI infrastructure and architecture problems, the stuff that actually matters for building and scaling AI systems and hardware.
- Leadership Access
Direct line to our CEO and other Groq leadership. Ask technical questions, understand product decisions, and see how the business actually works.
At Groq, I was challenged everyday to think bigger, learn faster, and take ownership of my projects, truly making them my own. That’s what is unique about Groq. You get to watch the smartest people make decisions, learn from them, then go apply the decisions to your own projects.
The access to different domains at Groq is unmatched. Not only did I get to start building from day one as an engineer, but I also gained a deeper understanding of how sales, GTM, marketing, and more work at such a trailblazing company.
As a Groq intern, I’m the CEO of my projects. I have the opportunity to oversee every facet of my work and the privilege to connect with my brilliant coworkers for support. What interns do is extremely impactful internally (the actual CEO will sometimes leave feedback!) and externally.
Intern Day in the Life
- 8am: Pick up Krish from Menlo College and listen to the latest Dwarkesh Podcast on our way to work
- 8:30am: Arrive at office and make a cup of coffee
- 9:00am: Lock-in
- 10:00am: 1-1 with Steph to discuss things I may be blocked on
- 10:30am: Lock-in
- 12:30pm: Lunch
- 1:00pm: Engineering/Growth Standup
- 1:30pm: Second cup of black coffee, extra strong
- 1:35pm: Lock back in
- 3:00pm: Quick walk around the block to get away from my desk
- 3:15pm: Final lock-in
- 5:00pm: Back to the car to finish the Dwarkesh episode and head home
- (Optional): 9pm: Tying up loose ends from the day and getting ready for the next day.
- Breakfast: Arrive at the office and enjoy the breakfast buffet.
- Morning: Have a 1-on-1 with your mentor and discuss your goals and next steps for your project(s). Grab your first Spindrift of the day, then dive into a deep work session.
- Lunch: Grab lunch from the buffet with your fellow interns and co-workers.
- Afternoon: Collaborate with members from across the company to bring your project to users. From vision and strategy to development and marketing, Groq interns take on a high level of ownership and impact.
- Evening: Log off and grab dinner, then unwind with activities like an escape room or go-karting with other interns.
- Breakfast: Get to the office and start the day with a bowl of oats and a banana. Good macros.
- Morning: Catch up with the team and talk through high-level goals. A lot of this time goes into planning and shaping the AI infrastructure for the hardware org, thinking through what different teams like logical design, physical design, and verification need, and how AI can make their workflows more efficient.
- Midday: Quick ping pong game to reset before lunch.
- Lunch: Grab lunch, sometimes provided in the office, and get a grapefruit San Pellegrino. Dessert is half a glass of Starbucks Frappuccino from the fridge.
- Afternoon: Focus on coding and iterating on the AI infra, integrating with different teams’ flows, and testing new ideas.
- Evening: Another round of doubles ping pong (still undefeated), then tying up loose ends before calling it a day.
- 8:30 AM: Arrive at Groq’s Hardware Lab in San Jose. Start the day with a hardware-wide standup to align on priorities and hear progress updates from other teams.
- 8:45 AM: Meet with coworkers and check Slack for ongoing work or open threads. Most mornings involve bringing up new boards, debugging hardware setups, and prepping the bench for the day’s experiments.
- 9:00 AM: Place a lunch order through Groq-partnered food-delivery app, then dive into the first work block of the day.
- 12:30 PM: Lunch in the office with other interns and engineers. Occasionally, we’ll have lunches with external vendors or lunch-and-learn sessions focused on new hardware tools or design workflows.
- 1:00 PM: Continue into the next work block. Afternoons usually focus on power characterization and collaborating across teams (one of the best parts of being at Groq is the range of projects you get to touch)!
- 3:30 PM: Meet with teams across silicon, firmware, and systems teams to review data and discuss next steps. Some days include vendor meetings on VRM tuning or component debugging.
- 5:30 PM: Sync with my manager to go over the day’s findings and results. I’ll often stay longer to wrap up work, tidy documentation, or push a few more changes before heading out.
- Optional - Post-6:00 PM: On days when there’s a big push or the team’s wrapping up something exciting, a few will stick around late to finish strong and grab dinner nearby.
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