AI Builder-in-Residence, Summit Partners' Base Camp Program

AI Builder-in-Residence, Summit Partners’ Base Camp Program 

Location: Boston, MA

Reports to: Ashwin Subramani, Head of AI

The Program

Summit Partners’ Base Camp program is a full-time residency for two early-career builders working inside Summit Partners to design, ship and scale AI tools across the firm and our portfolio.

Most early-career builders spend years waiting for real ownership. The Summit Partners Base Camp program allows you to skip that line. From month one, you will work directly with Summit's investment team and Peak Performance Group to build AI tools that matter.

Who We Are

At Summit Partners, our mission is to be the investment partner of choice for the very best companies and executive talent. With a history spanning four decades, Summit invests across growth sectors of the economy and has invested in more than 550 companies in technology, healthcare and other growth industries including financial services, consumer, business services and industrial technology. These companies have completed more than 175 public equity offerings, and more than 250 have been acquired through strategic mergers and sales.

Our growth focus extends beyond the four walls of Summit; through mentorship programs and philanthropic efforts, our team members dedicate time, talent and resources to support the communities in which we work and live. For more information, please see www.summitpartners.com/summit-careers and check us out on LinkedIn!

The Role

As a Base Camp Builder-in-Residence, you will be embedded with Summit's investment and operations teams to identify, build and deploy AI-powered tools, starting with internal workflows and scaling solutions across our portfolio of growth-stage companies.

Potential projects build on a solid foundation and extend the toolsets that Summit's AI and investment teams already have in motion. Tools you build will support research, monitoring and business operations, including the automation of key workflows such as memo drafting, executive search, and sourcing.

Key Responsibilities

Residents work alongside Summit's internal teams and our portfolio companies across two interconnected environments:

• Within Summit: Work alongside Summit professionals to identify high-value AI opportunities and build tools that improve the firm’s day-to-day operations.


• Across the Portfolio: Take frameworks you’ve built internally and deploy them at companies across Summit's portfolio. You will engage directly with portfolio companies and develop repeatable frameworks that can scale broadly.

Candidate Profile

You don't need years of experience. You need a bias for building and genuine curiosity about how businesses grow. We are looking for candidates who are:

• Builders first — comfortable with Python, LLM APIs and agent frameworks. Shipped work and source code matter more than credentials.


• Systems thinkers — designs for reuse and thinks about how a solution scales across teams before writing the first line of code.


• Business Curious — bridges engineering and business conversations and understands what outcomes matter to operators and investors.


• High-agency — comfortable with ambiguity, makes decisions and moves forward without waiting for perfect specifications.

Qualifications

• 0–2 years of professional experience


• Background in computer science, engineering or a quantitative field preferred


• Demonstrated experience building with LLMs, agents or AI-powered applications


• Strong written and verbal communication skills


• Ability to work independently in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment

How to Apply

The application process has three steps:

• Submit your work: No resume required. Submit a Loom walkthrough (5 minutes maximum) and your source code via GitHub, zip file, or a live link showing something you have built. Please note: if submitting zip file, please email directly to Katie Rowland, [email protected]. In the body of the email, please include: your first name, your last name and the URL to your Loom walk through. Applications close on June 30, 2026. 


• Application review: Our team reviews all submissions. We are looking at what you built, how you explain it and how you think about taking a solution from one use case to many.


• In-person superday: Finalists are invited to our Boston office for a 20-minute live presentation on July 16, 2026. Walk us through what you built, why you built it and how you would scale it.

A bit more

• This role is based out of Summit Partners’ Boston office, in the heart of Back Bay. This role requires full-time in-office presence five days per week. You will have access to an onsite gym, catered breakfast and lunch, a fully stocked kitchen and plentiful team and office events. Compensation is highly competitive.


• We are committed to cultivating a high-performance environment designed to generate the best ideas, drive innovation and promote the professional growth of our team. We set a high bar, welcoming diverse perspectives to get to the best outcomes.


• Exceptional people are the foundation of our success, both within Summit and across our portfolio companies. Together, we build and grow category-leading companies and successful careers. Thank you for considering Summit, and we look forward to receiving your application.

Compensation

The expected base salary range for this position is $85,000-$150,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills and experience. This range may be modified in the future.