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# AI Operations & Research Intern (Florianopolis, for Partner Company) at Orderly

- **Company:** Orderly
- **Location:** Florianopolis Santa Catarina, Brazil
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-06-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orderly/jobs/5253336008

## Job description

About the opportunity (Posted on behalf of Starchild AI):

We are Starchild. We are looking for a resourceful and ambitious AI Operations & Research Intern based in Florianópolis to join us on this mission. You’ll play an integral role in the team, helping turn ideas and strategies into real, creatively executed initiatives within a fast-moving AI startup environment. 👍

What you’ll be working on:

- Support research and analysis across real estate data, investment opportunities, and emerging tech applications.
- Assist in building small tools or quick prototypes (e.g., using Python or no-code/AI tools) to improve workflows.
- Collect, clean, and organize local and online data to support decision-making.
- Coordinate with local stakeholders and help drive operational execution on the ground.
- Contribute to testing ideas and helping move projects from concept to execution.

Who will you be working with?

- Work directly with the founder on day-to-day initiatives and strategic exploration.
- Collaborate across different project areas including real estate, agriculture, and tech.
- Support coordination with external partners when needed.

What challenges will you face?

- Working across diverse and sometimes ambiguous projects with evolving priorities.
- Balancing research, execution, and coordination tasks simultaneously.
- Figuring things out independently with limited structure or predefined processes.
- Adapting quickly and leveraging AI tools to improve efficiency and output quality.

About you:

- Student or recent graduate (Computer Science, Systems, Economics, Business, or related fields).
- Proactive, resourceful, and comfortable with ambiguity.
- Basic coding skills (Python, data handling, or rapid prototyping).
- Based in Florianópolis.

Bonus:

- Spanish proficiency.
- Experience with social media or content distribution.

Additional Info:

- Part-time (~20 hours/week) with flexible working hours (not a standard 9–5).
- Opportunity to convert to a full-time role.
- Monthly compensation + potential performance bonus.

Getting the job

We're actively seeking talented individuals to join our team outside of our typical hiring schedule. This proactive approach allows us to connect with exceptional candidates like you even before specific positions become available.

On average, successful candidates go through five rounds of interviews and tests. Our hiring process begins by meeting with our People Team, who help facilitate the process of placing you in your new role. You can expect to share your experience and ideas in online video interviews with our hiring team, made up of management and potential new colleagues.

Submitting your resume now ensures that you're first in line when new opportunities arise. By doing so, you'll have a head start in the selection process and get a chance to showcase your skills and experience.

Get started on your application here!

## About Orderly

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Orderly provides an AI-powered supply chain and store operations platform that helps global food, retail, and convenience chains reduce waste, optimize inventory, and improve profitability.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped; $180K in total funding from 1 prior round)
- **Headquarters**: Derby, United Kingdom (49 Canal Street, Derby, DE1 2RJ)
- **Founded**: 2008
- **Founders**: David Hall (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Supply chain management software, store operations, food waste reduction
- **Target customers**: B2B — Enterprise food businesses, global restaurant chains, convenience stores, retailers, and distributors (e.g., Starbucks)
- **Mission statement**: "Run leaner. Waste less. Do more good." — Certified B Corporation focused on reducing food waste and building sustainable supply chains.

## Products & Services
- **Orderly for Stores**: Predictive stock and task management platform. Forecasts demand using sales, footfall, weather, and local events; automates ordering; generates task and labour plans; uses AI vision to detect waste and compliance issues in kitchens.
- **Orderly for Distributors**: Supply chain platform for depots and warehouses, managing forecasting, replenishment, and stock across manufacturing, depot, and retail sites.
- **Core Platform Features**: Big Data and AI forecasting, real-time inventory management, task management & compliance tracking, API and data exports, ISO9001 certified, 99.9%+ platform uptime.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available (bootstrapped company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of approximately **$8.0M** (based on LinkedIn data); **$13 billion** in stock distribution value processed in last 12 months
- **Notable Customers/Partners**: Global operators including Starbucks (cited by Head of Supply Chain), thousands of sites across 70+ countries
- **Growth Signals**: 10,000s of active users worldwide; average 21% site waste reduction; 18% average increase in profit (DSA); 16% decrease in food waste (OFS); >300% ROI on SaaS fees within three months in trials; 6.2% MAPE forecast accuracy; operates in 7 countries (UK, Kosovo, Albania, Sweden, Brazil, Netherlands, and more)

## Competitive Advantages
- **17+ years of domain expertise** in food supply chain — deeply specialized, not a generic platform
- **Certified B Corporation** — sustainability is baked into the product and business model, not just marketing
- **Proprietary AI/ML models** that integrate external datasets (weather, local events, footfall, demographics) for hyper-accurate forecasting
- **End-to-end platform** covering forecasting, ordering, stock management, task management, and waste detection — replacing multiple point solutions
- **Enterprise-grade reliability**: >99.9% uptime, 24/7 global support, ISO9001 certification, 4-region global hosting

## Strategic Focus
- **Waste reduction as a growth driver**: Using AI and computer vision to prevent food waste before it happens, aligning with global sustainability regulations and cost pressures
- **Global expansion**: Already in 70+ countries; continued scaling of enterprise sales and distributor partnerships
- **Product innovation**: Deepening AI capabilities (vision-based detection, predictive task assignment) and expanding into new verticals within food retail and convenience
- **Operational efficiency**: Helping customers reduce labour hours (average 16.2 hours saved per week per site) while improving compliance and NPS

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: Certified B Corp with a clear, measurable impact on food waste and sustainability — "Inspirational impact" is a stated company value
- **Remote-first flexibility**: Careers page lists "Speculative Applications Derby · Fully Remote" — indicating strong remote/hybrid options
- **Engineering-led product**: Heavy investment in AI, big data, and computer vision; Head of Engineering (Rinor Mehmeti) and CTO/Interim COO (Peter Evans) on leadership team
- **Global, distributed team**: 38 employees across 7 countries; infrastructure and support are globally distributed
- **Values-driven**: Company values include "Inspirational impact," "Move quickly, flex readily," "Execute efficiently and consistently," and "Influence responsibility"
- **Stability with growth**: Bootstrapped, profitable (revenue $8M), 17-year track record — less risk than early-stage startups, but still growing and innovating

## Sources
1. [orderly.io](https://orderly.io/)
2. [orderly.io/about](https://orderly.io/about)
3. [orderly.io/for-stores](https://orderly.io/for-stores)
4. [careers.orderly.io/jobs](https://careers.orderly.io/jobs)
5. [uk.linkedin.com/company/orderly](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/orderly)

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