AI Product Engineer Intern
About Simplotel:
Simplotel is a Bangalore-based, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company helping over 3,000 hotels across 26 countries grow their direct business. We power e-commerce and digital experiences for some of the largest hotels in India. The name Simplotel comes from a combination of Simple and Hotel. Our mission is to simplify the life of hoteliers through technology.
Simplotel is a “Shopify for Hotels”, helping hotels manage their websites, direct bookings, reservations and digital customer experiences. Founded in October 2013, Simplotel is funded by Go-MMT, India’s largest online travel company.
*Simplotel was awarded Best Startup in Travel & Hospitality at the National Startup Awards 2021 by Startup India.
Position: AI Product Engineer Intern
As an AI Product Engineer Intern, you will work at the intersection of software engineering, AI, and product thinking. You will be expected to understand customer and business problems, explore how AI can solve them, build and test solutions, and continuously improve them. You will work on AI-powered capabilities across products such as the Hotel Website & CMS, Booking Engine, Central Reservation System, AI Voice Agents, AI Chat & WhatsApp, customer support automation, and internal AI tools and workflows.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Build AI-powered product features and backend services.
Understand the customer and business problem before starting implementation.
Work closely with product and engineering teams to convert product problems into technical solutions.
Build and integrate applications using LLMs, AI models, APIs, and agent-based workflows.
Create backend APIs, services, and workflows required for AI-powered products.
Experiment with models from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and other AI platforms.
Design prompts, system prompts, tool-calling workflows, and context management for AI applications.
Build AI agents capable of interacting with APIs, databases, and internal systems.
Develop prototypes and proofs-of-concept quickly to validate new AI product ideas.
Help convert prototypes into reliable production features.
Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
Test AI features for accuracy, reliability, latency, edge cases, and failure scenarios.
Identify hallucinations and incorrect AI behaviour and build mechanisms to reduce them.
Build evaluation frameworks and test cases to measure AI output quality.
Consider cost, latency, model quality, scalability, and reliability while choosing an AI solution.
Integrate AI features with existing products and third-party systems.
Debug and solve issues across application, API, database, and AI layers.
Monitor how users interact with AI features and improve the product based on real-world feedback.
Take ownership of features from problem understanding to production rollout.
Required Skills:
Good programming fundamentals in at least one language such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving.
Basic understanding of backend development and REST APIs.
Understanding of databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.
Familiarity with JSON, APIs, HTTP, and web application architecture.
Strong interest in LLMs, generative AI, AI agents, and AI-powered software development.
Experience using AI coding and development tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Codex, or similar tools.
Ability to understand a problem and independently explore possible solutions.
Strong debugging and analytical skills.
Basic understanding of Git and version control.
Willingness to work with Linux and cloud-based development environments.
Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly.
Self-motivated and willing to take ownership of tasks from development through testing.
Good to Have:
Experience using LLM APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or similar models.
Experience building AI agents or AI-powered applications.
Understanding of prompt engineering and context engineering.
Familiarity with tool or function calling.
Exposure to RAG, embeddings, vector databases, or semantic search.
Experience with Python and AI libraries.
Experience with Java and Spring Boot.
Familiarity with Node.js, FastAPI, or similar backend frameworks.
Understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS.
Exposure to Docker or containerised applications.
Experience building side projects, hackathon projects, or prototypes using AI.
Interest in voice AI, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, or conversational applications.
What You Will Learn:
Production software engineering
Backend engineering
Large Language Models
AI agents
AI APIs
Prompt and context engineering
Tool calling
AI evaluation and testing
Voice and conversational AI
APIs and integrations
Databases
Cloud infrastructure
Product thinking and customer problem-solving
SaaS product development
Location: Bengaluru
Please share your updated CV at careers@simplotel.com
About Simplotel:
Simplotel is a Bangalore-based, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company helping over 2,000 hotels across 21 countries grow their direct business. We are powering e-commerce for some of the largest hotels in India. The name Simplotel comes from a combination of Simple and Hotel - our mission is to Simplify the life of hoteliers through technology. Simplotel is a ‘Shopify for Hotels’, was founded in October 2013 and is funded by Go-MMT - India’s largest Online Travel Agency.
*Simplotel was awarded the best startup in travel & hospitality for 2021 by Startup India, an initiative of the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry in India.
(https://www.startupindia.gov.in/nsa2021results/travel.html)
Position:
Business Development Manager - Mumbai – Consultative Selling.
Simplotel is looking to hire a Business Development Manager, in a full-time capacity, who can sell our offerings to large hotels. This is an opportunity to join a company on the ground floor and become a part of the early growth. If you are passionate about selling internet technologies, you will thoroughly enjoy this position. An ideal candidate would be someone who is in Presales and wants to explore a Business Development Role.
Responsibilities:
- Develop plans and strategies for developing business and achieving the company’s sales goals.
- Meeting with hoteliers and potential prospects on a regular basis to build and nurture relationships.
- Cold calling; connecting with multiple potential prospects.
- Working with large hotels and partners across the country.
- Follow up on marketing leads, as well as expand business from the company’s existing client base or partners.
- Build strong brand relationships.
- Building pipelines with partners and team members to close sales.
- Provide detailed and accurate sales forecasting.
Skills Required:
- 1 - 4 years of work experience in technology pre-sales (e-commerce preferred in both domestic and international markets).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
- Very high ethical standards.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and unpredictable work hours.
- Proven track record of meeting revenue targets.
- MBA required (preferably from a top school).
- Ability to travel extensively