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# Software Engineer (New Grad)

- **Company:** Retell AI, Inc
- **Location:** Redwood City, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $83,000.0 - $104,000.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Backend, Build Management, Information Technology, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ad261ef1-08e5-44b1-92f7-7f049efe43b9

## About the Role

We're looking for exceptional new graduates who have already completed their degree and have demonstrated strong engineering ability through internships, research, startup experience, or significant personal projects., Must Have

 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
 * You must have already graduated. We're not considering candidates who are still completing a bachelor's or master's degree.
 * Strong software engineering fundamentals.
 * Ability to thrive in a fast-moving startup environment.

Preferred

 * 2+ software engineering internships.
 * Experience building production software through internships, research, startups, or personal projects.
 * Experience with backend development, APIs, AI tooling, or full-stack applications., * Have already graduated with a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
 * Have 2+ internships where you built real software.
 * Enjoy building from scratch instead of maintaining legacy systems.
 * Want to work directly with founders and experienced engineers.
 * Learn quickly and enjoy taking ownership.
 * Like solving hard technical problems with real business impact.
 * Prefer shipping code every week over waiting months for releases.

## Description

This is not a narrowly scoped role, it is a high ownership builder position where you will work across product, engineering, GTM, operations, and AI systems to design and ship core company infrastructure., We are hiring a Software Engineer for our Founders Initiatives team to design and build internal and external AI systems that power how Retell hires, sells, operates, and scales., One of the unique parts of this role is that there isn't a single path after you join. As you grow, you'll naturally gravitate toward one of two directions:

 * Customer-facing: Work directly with enterprise customers, help design AI solutions, build integrations, and become a trusted technical advisor.
 * Internal engineering: Focus on building AI systems, internal tooling, automations, and infrastructure that help Retell scale.

Most engineers will touch both early on, but over time you'll have the opportunity to lean into the path that best fits your strengths and interests.


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