Product Intern

ABOUT SUPPLYBISTRO – Building the data engine behind the food economy.

Small and mid-sized food operators represent roughly 40 to 60 percent of total food sales. Their operations remain fragmented, manual, and under-digitized. SupplyBistro exists to close that gap.

Our SaaS platform turns everyday operational workflows into real-time, doubly validated data. That data helps our customers increase sales, reduce operating costs, improve purchasing decisions, gain visibility across their supply chain, and operate on analytics instead of instinct.
 

THE MODEL

- Every workflow creates data.

- The software creates the data.

- The data becomes the business.

WHERE WE SIT

SaaS and ERP – The operating system food businesses run their day on

Marketplaces – Buyers and sellers transacting, with every order captured as structured data

AI and Data – Validated transaction data turned into forecasting, pricing, and decision support

Supply Chain – Procurement, fulfillment, and logistics connected end to end
 

We are an early-stage company. That is the point. The platform is being built right now, by a small team, for customers who are already using it. There is more work than there are people to do it, which is exactly why our students are given real responsibility.

REAL WORK. REAL RESPONSIBILITY. REAL IMPACT.

At SupplyBistro, we do not believe in paper internships.

Our interns do not spend a semester observing meetings, organizing files, or working on projects that never leave the classroom. Every intern joins a team with a clear mission, measurable objectives, and meaningful ownership.

From day one you will contribute to projects that reach our customers, our platform, and our company's growth. Whether you are developing software, designing products, implementing AI, analyzing data, building partnerships, or supporting a fundraising process, your work becomes part of the business. You will collaborate with founders, engineers, product managers, designers, and business leaders on problems real customers are facing.

We believe the best way to learn is by building. That also means accountability. Interns are trusted with meaningful responsibilities and are expected to communicate professionally, meet commitments, seek feedback, and improve continuously. We provide mentorship and guidance. We also expect initiative, curiosity, and ownership.

Our internships are designed to replicate the experience of being an early member of a growing technology company. The challenges are real, the expectations are high, and the learning is substantial.
 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

- Work on projects that are deployed, implemented, or presented to customers and company

  leadership

- Own meaningful deliverables rather than shadowing full-time employees

- Collaborate across engineering, product, business, and strategy teams

- Receive regular feedback and mentorship throughout your internship

- Build a portfolio of work that demonstrates measurable impact

OUR PROMISE

We are committed to creating an environment where students are challenged, supported, and trusted. You will leave SupplyBistro with more than experience. You will leave with accomplishments.

OUR COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS

School comes first.

SupplyBistro follows a strict School Comes First policy. Your education always takes priority over your internship. We build schedules around exams, coursework, thesis work, and academic deadlines, and we expect open communication when your academic load changes. No student should ever feel forced to choose between this internship and their degree.

PROGRAM TERMS

Location: Remote — US-incorporated company

Duration: 2 to 6 months, with the possibility of extending

Commitment: About 20 hours per week, flexible around your class schedule

Compensation: Unpaid — academic credit supported

Student Levels: Undergraduate, Master’s, MBA, PhD

Mentorship: Close support network with constant access to company leadership

Project Ownership: You own named deliverables from start to finish
 

These are unpaid, education-first internships, structured so that the student is the primary beneficiary: the work is tied to your academic and career development, it complements rather than displaces the work of paid staff, and it is designed to be eligible for academic credit where your institution offers it. An internship with SupplyBistro does not carry an entitlement to a paid position at its conclusion.

FORMATS AND ELIGIBILITY

Formats:  

Summer, fall, and spring internships / Multi-semester / Co-op / CPT / OPT, including STEM OPT as a possibility. Extended internships are encouraged and students who want to continue past their original term usually can.

Eligibility:

US and international students. We support CPT and OPT documentation, and we complete the paperwork your school requires to award credit.

Experience:

Coursework, research, personal projects, previous internships, employment, or entrepreneurship - preferred, not mandatory. We value potential and initiative above credentials.

SupplyBistro is an equal opportunity organization. We consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point in the application process or during your internship, contact us and we will arrange it.

PROGRAM | PRODUCT

PROGRAM MISSION

Decide what gets built and why. Product sits between the operators who use the platform and the engineers who build it, turning what customers actually need into something shippable, priced, and measurable. You will bring evidence to decisions that are usually made on instinct.

AREAS OF FOCUS

Product Strategy – Roadmap, positioning, tier design, and prioritization

Product Analytics – Instrumentation, KPIs, and adoption measurement

Technology Product Design – Wireframes, flows, and interface design

Customer Discovery – Interviews, journey mapping, and feature validation

EXAMPLE PROJECTS

Projects our students own, not tasks they assist with.

- Run structured interviews with operators and convert them into product requirements

- Map the customer journey from first login to repeat transaction

- Design and test pricing tiers against real willingness to pay

- Wireframe a workflow and carry it through to engineering handoff

- Build a KPI dashboard that leadership uses in weekly review

- Validate a feature before it is built — and recommend killing it if the evidence says so

- Draft a quarterly roadmap and defend the sequencing

SKILLS YOU WILL DEVELOP

Technical: Wireframing and prototyping tools, SQL and analytics fundamentals, product instrumentation, experiment design

Business: Pricing and packaging, positioning, market sizing, prioritization frameworks, unit economics

Leadership: Driving a decision without formal authority; saying no with evidence behind it

Communication: Customer interviewing, specification writing, presenting a recommendation to founders
 

IDEAL CANDIDATES

Education: Business, engineering, design, information science, economics, or a related field. Undergraduate through PhD, including MBA.

Experience: Product coursework, case competitions, design work, research, or a previous internship. Preferred, not required.

Mindset: Talks to customers before forming an opinion. Comfortable being wrong quickly. Writes clearly.

INTERNSHIP FORMATS

Summer, fall, and spring internships / Multi-semester / Co-op / CPT / OPT, including STEM OPT as a possibility

WHY JOIN THIS PROGRAM

Product decisions at a large company arrive pre-made. Here you will be in the room where the decision happens, with founders who expect you to argue your case. The features you validate get built. The pricing you test gets used. The dashboard you design becomes how the company measures itself.

QUICK FACTS

Location: Remote — US-incorporated company

Duration: 2 to 6 months, with the possibility of extending

Commitment: About 20 hours per week, flexible around your class schedule

Compensation: Unpaid — academic credit supported

Student Levels: Undergraduate, Master’s, MBA, PhD

Mentorship: Close support network with constant access to company leadership

Project Ownership: You own named deliverables from start to finish

HOW TO APPLY

Tell us what you want to build.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. There is no deadline and no long form. Send two things to francomora@supplybistro.com:

- Your resume

- One paragraph describing your intention - which program you want, what you want to work on, and what you hope to take away from it

Email: francomora@supplybistro.com

Website: SupplyBistro.com

Subject line: Program name and your school - for example, "Product - Cornell"

Timing: Rolling review; apply any time for summer, fall, or spring