Real ownership
Work on a company priority and ship something useful—not an intern-only side project.
Careers at Populous
Build the learning loop with us.
Populous helps product and marketing teams pressure-test important decisions using simulated customer populations—before they spend months and meaningful budget going in the wrong direction.
We are a small, pre-seed team with a working product and active beta users. Joining now means working directly with the founders, owning meaningful work, and helping shape how the company operates while we search for repeatable product-market fit.
Working here
Small team. High trust. Useful work.
Direct founder access
See how product, customer, research, and go-to-market decisions get made in real time.
Room to shape the work
Bring judgment, challenge the plan, and earn autonomy as you build context.
Open roles
Help us move faster on work that matters.
Paid, part-time internship
Founders Associate
Work directly with both founders on a focused project across go-to-market, product, development, or behavioral research—and ship something useful within four weeks, with the possibility of converting to a longer-term role at the end of summer.
- Paid, part-time
- Initial four-week engagement · 10–20 hours per week
- Remote, with at least one day per week in person in Berkeley preferred