diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/components/Header.tsx b/apps/frontend/src/components/Header.tsx
index 16cb3e1..ddbf95f 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/components/Header.tsx
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/components/Header.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   ArrowRightOnRectangleIcon,
 } from "@heroicons/react/24/solid";
 import DarkModeButton from "./DarkModeButton";
+import MechanizeBanner from "./MechanizeBanner";
 import nightwind from "nightwind/helper";
 import {
   SignedIn,
@@ -40,9 +41,12 @@ export default function Header(): ReactElement {
 
   return (
     <div className="">
-      <div className="lg:p-1.5 md:p-2 p-3 lg:text-lg md:text-base text-xs text-white text-center bg-[#007fff]">
-        Spring/Summer 2026 instructors and room information temporarily unavailable due to changes in the Schedule of Classes.
-      </div>
+      <MechanizeBanner />
+
+      {/* <div className="lg:p-1.5 md:p-2 p-3 lg:text-lg md:text-base text-xs text-white text-center bg-[#007fff]"> */}
+      {/*   Spring/Summer 2026 instructors and room information temporarily */}
+      {/*   unavailable due to changes in the Schedule of Classes. */}
+      {/* </div> */}
 
       <div className="flex flex-row items-center justify-between p-6 bg-gray-50 h-16">
         <div className="flex flex-initial cursor-pointer flex-row justify-start font-semibold text-gray-800">
diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/components/MechanizeBanner.tsx b/apps/frontend/src/components/MechanizeBanner.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb2452c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/components/MechanizeBanner.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useState, type ReactElement } from "react";
+import { ArrowUpRightIcon, XMarkIcon } from "@heroicons/react/24/solid";
+import Link from "./Link";
+
+const DISMISS_KEY = "cmucourses-mechanize-banner-dismissed";
+
+const PROMPTS = [
+  "Mechanize is hiring junior SWEs. $300K base + equity.",
+  "Better at coding than AI? Prove it.",
+  "We hire engineers to outsmart AI. It’s harder than you think. 300k + equity.",
+  "Most engineers can’t beat Claude on our take-home. Think you can? 300k + equity for Jr SWEs at Mechanize.",
+];
+const MECHANIZE_APPLY_URL = "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mechanize?utm_source=CMU";
+
+function pickPrompt(): string {
+  return PROMPTS[Math.floor(Math.random() * PROMPTS.length)]!;
+}
+
+export default function MechanizeBanner(): ReactElement | null {
+  const [prompt, setPrompt] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    try {
+      if (sessionStorage.getItem(DISMISS_KEY) === "1") {
+        return;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      /* sessionStorage unavailable (e.g. private mode restrictions) */
+    }
+    setPrompt(pickPrompt());
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleDismiss = () => {
+    try {
+      sessionStorage.setItem(DISMISS_KEY, "1");
+    } catch {
+      /* ignore */
+    }
+    setPrompt(null);
+  };
+
+  if (prompt == null) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="nightwind-prevent-block relative py-5 pl-10 pr-10 text-white bg-[#007fff] md:py-2 md:pl-11 md:pr-11 lg:py-1.5 lg:pl-12 lg:pr-12">
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={handleDismiss}
+        aria-label="Dismiss Mechanize banner"
+        className="absolute right-1 top-1/2 flex h-9 w-9 -translate-y-1/2 items-center justify-center rounded-md text-white hover:bg-white/15 focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-white/80"
+      >
+        <XMarkIcon className="h-5 w-5" aria-hidden />
+      </button>
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-x-3 gap-y-1 text-center lg:text-base md:text-sm text-2xs py-1">
+        <span className="leading-none">{prompt}</span>
+        <Link
+          href={MECHANIZE_APPLY_URL}
+          openInNewTab
+          className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md bg-white px-2 py-2 font-semibold leading-none text-[#007fff] no-underline hover:bg-gray-100 hover:no-underline"
+        >
+          Apply now
+          <ArrowUpRightIcon className="h-[1em] w-[1em] shrink-0" aria-hidden />
+        </Link>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}