--- title: 'Internship at Plix' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/internship-plix-san-mateo-zeargk1b7avc' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-05' --- # Internship at Plix - **Company:** Plix - **Location:** San Mateo, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2024-12-20 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05 - **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/plixai/am9icG9zdDp0WmQB-as3Sz2vzB-EpHzT ## Job description ## About Plix Plix is a seed-stage startup with Stanford roots, supported by Samsara, Verkada, and Sequoia Capital. We are building the world’s first intelligent body cameras to provide real-time situational alerts to improve safety, security, and operational efficiency. Position Overview As an engineering intern, you will be a part of architecting, implementing, and deploying our vision. We want you to be comfortable with quick experimentation, collaborative design, and turning vision into product. Start date is flexible. ## Responsibilities - Iterate with our founding team on the design and implementation of development processes for the SaaS and Machine Learning infrastructure solution, and subsequent iterations of the software - Debug, improve, and optimize Plix’s software and infrastructure to enable a reliable, performant, and scalable software ecosystem - Help to define and champion engineering standards and processes - Stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and AI research and migrate to the latest infrastructure types when needed ## Requirements - Exceptional programming skills in Python - Capable of working with a high level of autonomy and responsibility in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives - Excellent communication skills and ability to turn vision into running software - Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, and holding yourself and others to high standards - A passion for collaboration and working with teams ## Preferred Qualifications - Familiarity with interfacing with secure/private customer data, especially video - Experience working with computer vision libraries like OpenCV and FFmpeg - Experience with deployment of GPU backend systems and infrastructure - Experience deploying and managing TensorFlow or Torch models at scale - Advanced machine learning knowledge for training and building new models, especially related to large language models (LLMs) - Prior management experience and/or interest to grow into a leadership role ## About Plix ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Plix provides an AI-powered body camera platform that combines livestreaming, GPS tracking, and real-time incident alerts to increase safety and efficiency for frontline workers. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed round in September 2023) - **Headquarters**: Emerald Hills, California, United States - **Founded**: 2023 (estimated based on seed round date) - **Founders**: Johann Hauswald (CEO and Co-Founder), Francisco Romero (Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: AI-powered security and workforce safety technology (Software Development) - **Target customers**: B2B – organizations with frontline workers in armed/unarmed security, secure transport, retail, healthcare, government, transportation, warehousing, critical infrastructure, repossession/towing, residential/commercial real estate, and parking enforcement. - **Mission or purpose statement**: "To increase the safety, security, and efficiency of the workforce that serves our communities and businesses." ## Products & Services - **X1 Body Camera**: Hardware device with 20-hour battery, 12-hour continuous recording, livestream, GPS, indoor localization, real-time AI incident alerts, and a built-in Report Agent. No docking required; instant categorized uploads. - **Plix Platform (SaaS)**: Central command dashboard for live guard status, GPS shifts, event summaries, and proactive incident detection. Includes AI-powered analytics (Safety & Hero Inbox), automated reporting (voice-to-report in ~45 seconds), and workforce intelligence (hotspot mapping, resource allocation). - **Integrations**: Seamlessly connects with workforce management systems for coordination, compliance, and reporting. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Seed round (Sep 2023) with 2 investors (names not publicly available). Annual Revenue – Not publicly available. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed (seed investors unnamed). Partners implied through integrations with workforce management systems. - **Growth Signals**: - 2,500+ frontline workers protected - 100K+ real-time alerts triggered - 1,500+ schools, homes, HOAs, municipalities, and businesses monitored - Customer claims: 85% reduction in complaints, 82% reduction in report generation time, 3x faster resource allocation - Headcount grew 46.2% YoY (from ~10 to 16 employees) ## Competitive Advantages - **AI-first approach**: Proactive detection even if staff forget to press record; automatic incident flagging and categorization. - **All-in-one platform**: Combines hardware (body camera), livestream, GPS, AI alerts, automated reporting, and workforce analytics in a single system. - **Voice-to-report agent**: Cuts reporting time from 15 minutes to 45 seconds. - **Proven ROI**: Reduces false claims (use-of-force, harassment), lowers administrative overhead, and improves compliance verification. - **Scalable deployment**: Scan-and-go assignment, no docking required, instant cloud uploads. ## Strategic Focus - **Expand verticals**: Already serving security, retail, healthcare, government, transportation, warehousing, real estate, and more – likely to deepen penetration in each. - **AI-driven efficiency**: Continuously improve automated reporting, incident detection, and workforce intelligence to replace manual processes. - **Operational visibility at scale**: Provide command centers and field leaders with real-time dashboards and hotspot analysis to optimize resource allocation. - **Growth through hiring**: Actively recruiting for roles like Member of Technical Staff – Machine Learning (as of 2025), indicating investment in AI/ML capabilities. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-driven culture**: “We celebrate the everyday heroes who keep our world running.” Focus on making frontline work safer and more visible. - **Early-stage startup (~16 employees)**: Opportunity to have significant impact, wear multiple hats, and shape product and culture. - **Growth trajectory**: 46% headcount growth YoY, expanding customer base across multiple industries – a fast-moving environment. - **Distributed team**: Workforce spans United States and India, suggesting flexibility in location (remote/hybrid likely, but not explicitly stated). - **Technical challenges**: Work on AI/ML for real-time video, edge computing, and safety-critical systems. - **Values recognition**: “Safety & Hero Inbox” highlights employee recognition through AI-captured moments – aligns with a culture of appreciation. ## Sources 1. [plix.ai](https://www.plix.ai/) 2. [plix.ai/company](https://www.plix.ai/company) 3. [plix.ai/solution](https://www.plix.ai/solution) 4. [linkedin.com/company/plixai](https://linkedin.com/company/plixai) 5. 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