Chess Masti is an AI-powered chess coaching platform: deep game analysis, adaptive puzzles, opening prep, and conversational coaching that actually understands the position you're stuck on. It's live, used by real players, and improving every week.
CMIP brings on students and early-career contributors who love chess, building, teaching, or some combination of all three. We look for curiosity, taste, and the kind of motivation that doesn't need a manager standing over it.
You'll work on real product, real content, and real outreach — not busywork. Whether you ship code, write a coaching plan, or design a study, your work gets in front of actual users and feedback comes back fast.
Frontend, backend, AI/LLM integrations, and infra. Ship features that real players use every day.
Curriculum, puzzle curation, and coaching playbooks that turn raw analysis into things people actually learn from.
Outreach, content, social, partnerships. Help more people find a coach that meets them where they are.
Chess pedagogy, AI behavior, and learning outcomes. Turn questions like "does this actually help people improve?" into evidence.
Ship features and writeups that go live to actual users. No throwaway intern projects.
Direct, weekly 1:1 feedback on your work — not a Slack channel and a prayer.
On successful completion, a specific, honest letter of recommendation written by someone who actually saw your work.
Work from anywhere on a schedule that fits around school. We care about output, not hours-at-desk.
Chess Masti is in production. Your work shows up in metrics, support emails, and the Discord — fast.
Heads up: an interview is required for every applicant — it's not a screening pass.
STEP 1
Tell us about you, the track that fits, and what you've built or coached before.
STEP 2
We read every application. Expect a response within 7–10 days.
STEP 3
Every applicant interviews. It's a real conversation about your work and the track you're aiming for — not a riddle round.
STEP 4
If it's a fit, we send an offer, set up access, and pair you with a mentor in your first week.
Tell us about you and the track you'd like to join. Applications take 10–15 minutes; we read every one.
Start your application