Jobs at Interplay Venture Capital

Embed with business teams to understand workflows, rapidly build and ship internal tools, integrations, APIs, and AI-powered features. Develop production software across frontend and backend systems, integrate LLM automation, translate ambiguous problems into technical solutions, gather user feedback, and document durable solutions. The role requires strong communication, end-to-end application delivery, SQL and API knowledge, and 0–2 years of software engineering experience.

Supports an AI operations platform by documenting business workflows, testing and QAing AI protocols, triaging bugs, prototyping tools and integrations, maintaining documentation, conducting research, and completing frontend, backend, and API development tasks. The intern collaborates with engineers and business teams while building production solutions using programming languages, databases, APIs, and AI/LLM platforms.

Senior CNC Machinist will help design, build, commission, and qualify prototype and production manufacturing cells. Responsibilities include selecting CNC equipment, designing tooling and fixtures, programming and optimizing machining operations, operating robotic automation systems, supporting integration and acceptance testing, conducting first article inspections, troubleshooting equipment, and deploying to field locations for demonstrations.

Leads end-to-end mechanical engineering for advanced manufacturing and repair systems, including modular micro-factories, CNC and additive platforms, robotics, laser processing, tooling, automation, instrumentation, and production hardware. Owns architecture, design, procurement, build, commissioning, qualification, debugging, documentation, and sustaining engineering. Establishes engineering standards and configuration control, partners with software teams on process data, manages vendors and capital equipment, resolves throughput and yield constraints, and recruits a growing mechanical engineering and technician team.

Lead the creation and growth of a new industrial bottleneck intelligence company from validated concept through scale. Responsibilities include setting strategy and vision, developing go-to-market and operating models, recruiting the team, raising institutional capital, commercializing intelligence products, and scaling the venture with Interplay’s back-office support.

Lead the launch and growth of a new vertical software company for critical infrastructure. Define strategy, go-to-market and operating models; recruit the team; raise capital; establish customer and industry credibility; and scale the business. The platform will use digital twins, predictive analytics, and asset-management technologies to help infrastructure operators assess asset condition, predict failures, prioritize maintenance, plan capital projects, and improve resilience.

Translate Vandrel magnet wire material properties into motor-level performance gains, run customer engineering and design-ins, build thermal/electromagnetic/dielectric performance models, lead winding and insulation technical discussions, define initial SKUs, and own qualification and testing and customer-facing technical narratives.

Lead the launch and scaling of new ventures from validated idea to production. Define company and product strategy, shape product vision and roadmap, establish customer feedback loops, build go-to-market motion, recruit and lead the team, create positioning and messaging, and communicate product value to customers, partners, and investors.

Lead development and operation of a pilot PEEK-insulated copper magnet wire extrusion line: specify and commission equipment, optimize copper-to-PEEK adhesion, define quality metrics, scale pilot to commercial runs, build process IP, implement AI-driven metrology for traceability, and hire and lead process engineering and operations teams.

Lead and scale a new private equity division; sourcing and executing investments, developing strategies, and creating value within established private companies.

The M&A Associate will lead buy-side and sell-side deals, manage corporate legal work, draft agreements, and advise clients on deal structure and risk.

The Investment Funds Attorney will advise on the formation and operation of private/public investment funds, manage regulatory compliance, and draft legal documentation while collaborating with clients and partners.

As Cofounder + CEO at Interplay Studio, you will lead the development of a new company, define strategy, recruit teams, and potentially raise capital to scale operations.

Lead mechanical engineering for pilot and modular manufacturing units: design, build, commission, and sustain hardware including additive and subtractive systems, robotics, lasers, fixtures, sensors, and data instrumentation. Own vendor selection, FAT/SAT, documentation (AS9100-aligned), and recruit/mentor a small team to deliver instrumented, repeatable production capable of supporting defense/aerospace qualification.

Lead design and build of a secure, CUI-ready digital infrastructure for repair and sustainment: full-stack system ownership (DB, APIs, UIs, auth, storage, audit logs), integrations with QMS/MES/PLM and partners, data models for traceability, compliance controls, dashboards, and creation of AI-ready sustainment datasets to prove repair quality and readiness.

Lead talent and operations functions including full-cycle recruiting, employee relations, onboarding/offboarding, HRIS recordkeeping, compliance with labor laws, performance management, benefits administration, office operations, vendor coordination, and planning/executing internal and external events. Leverage internal AI systems to streamline processes and support team development and culture.

As an Associate, you will serve as outside general counsel for early-stage companies, handling entity formation, venture financing, and corporate governance, while managing projects in a remote environment.