U.S. Expansion Research Intern – Real Estate Compliance

Job Description

U.S. Expansion Intern — AI Real Estate Compliance | Vericasa

The Tone:
This is a paid internship at Vericasa, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, offering a hybrid work arrangement. Vericasa is building AI infrastructure to help brokers, banks, title and escrow teams, and real estate operators automate document review, KYC/KYB, legal checks, contract generation, and compliance workflows for real estate transactions. This role is crucial as it directly supports Vericasa’s U.S. expansion strategy and contributes to real product and go-to-market decisions in AI, real estate, compliance, title, and escrow.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, San Francisco Bay Area, CA

• Mission: Own the “California Closing Compliance Copilot: Bay Area Pilot Pack” project, defining a practical U.S. product wedge for AI-powered real estate transaction compliance.
• Tech Stack: LLM, Claude Code, Codex

What You’ll Actually Do
• Map: Chart the California residential real estate closing workflow from an accepted offer through to recording.
• Identify: Pinpoint the key documents, parties, risks, and compliance steps involved in title and escrow processes.
• Research: Investigate pain points related to document collection, identity verification, entity/trust buyers, seller disclosures, FIRPTA, California withholding, escrow instructions, title reports, notarization, and recording.
• Engage: Conduct customer discovery conversations with escrow officers, title representatives, brokers, transaction coordinators, mortgage professionals, and proptech operators.
• Support: Create a target list of 100 Bay Area title, escrow, brokerage, mortgage, and proptech companies or operators and assist with outreach to generate qualified pilot conversations.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Student, with welcome backgrounds in legal, business, real estate, public policy, computer science, or economics.
• Experience: Must be comfortable with structured research and professional outreach, and capable of autonomous, independent work with limited supervision. Prior real estate experience is helpful but not required.
• Skills: Proficiency in using LLMs such as Claude Code or Codex, strong writing and synthesis abilities to transform complex information into clear frameworks, excellent communication skills for engaging with industry professionals, and a detail-oriented, reliable approach to tasks.
• Bonus: An interest in startups, AI, legaltech, proptech, fintech, real estate, or compliance, an entrepreneurial and practical mindset, and being based in San Francisco or the Bay Area.