Context Engineering Intern

MasterControl; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 41,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Schedule flexibility

Wellness programs

Company parties and employee recognIt?

Job summary

MasterControl invites an exceptional student to join the Context Engineering team and build features for MissionControl using AI tooling. You will contribute to an open-source style desktop app and data analytics while collaborating with a large engineering org.

This co-op emphasizes practical, hands-on development across frontend, backend, and tooling. You will learn to deploy and test across Kubernetes, Rust tooling, and modern web stacks, with mentorship and real impact on product quality and

Qualifications

• Self-directed learner actively seeks information and experiments with new technologies.
• Self-starter takes initiative and makes progress without constant direction.
• Ability to understand complex systems and break down problems step by step.
• Resourceful problem-solver uses AI tools, documentation, and code examples.
• Strong communicator who explains concepts clearly and collaborates well.
• Comfortable with uncertainty and changing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build full-stack features for MissionControl: React/TypeScript web UI, server, and MCP tools.
• Contribute to the Rust self-upgrading launcher and its supply-chain hardening.
• Write comprehensive tests (unit, integration, end-to-end) using Vi test and Playwright.
• Create data pipelines and work with PostgreSQL databases handling millions of records.
• Deploy services to Kubernetes and set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
• Use AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode) for rapid development, test generation, and code reviews.

Skills

Self-directed learner

Self-starter

Systems thinking

Resourceful problem-solver

Strong communicator

Adaptability to uncertainty

Education

Northeastern University co-op student

Pursuing degree in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

OpenCode

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Actions

PostgreSQL

Job description

About MasterControl:

MasterControl Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based quality and compliance software for life sciences and other regulated industries. Our mission is the same as that of our customers to bring life-changing products to more people sooner. The MasterControl Platform helps organizations digitize, automate and connect quality and compliance processes across the regulated product development life cycle. Over 1,000 companies worldwide rely on MasterControl solutions to achieve new levels of operational excellence across product development, clinical trials, regulatory affairs, quality management, supply chain, manufacturing and postmarket surveillance. For more information, visit www.mastercontrol.com.

About MasterControl:

MasterControl Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based quality and compliance software for life sciences and other regulated industries. Our mission is the same as that of our customers to bring life-changing products to more people sooner. The MasterControl Platform helps organizations digitize, automate and connect quality and compliance processes across the regulated product development life cycle. Over 1,000 companies worldwide rely on MasterControl solutions to achieve new levels of operational excellence across product development, clinical trials, regulatory affairs, quality management, supply chain, manufacturing and postmarket surveillance. For more information, visit www.mastercontrol.com.

What You’ll Do

Join MasterControl’s Context Engineering team and build real product features using AI development tools (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode) from day one.

The unique opportunity: Most internships have you working in isolation. Here, what you learn directly translates into improving the developer experience across the organization. You’ll use GenAI tools to build features faster, then help optimize those same tools and practices for 150+ engineers. Your insights as an new user of these tools will be invaluable in refining how we work.

You’ll contribute to two main projects:

Primary: MissionControl

— our open-source agent work-management and monitoring desktop app. MissionControl gives teams visibility into and control over their AI agent work: work items, agents, sessions, and git work trees, with review gates and observability built in.

You’ll work across the whole product:

• Core app: React/TypeScript web UI and server — work item management, agent session observability, work tree workflows, and review gates
• MCP server and tooling: the Model Context Protocol surface used to drive and observe agent work
• Rust launcher: self-upgrading per-platform launcher with supply-chain hardening and mandatory checksum verification
• Website: the Astro marketing site

Secondary: AI-tool usage analytics

— build systems to track and improve how engineers use AI tools across the company, including data collection servers, analytics dashboards, and cloud infrastructure on Kubernetes.

Key Responsibilities

• Build full-stack features for MissionControl: React/TypeScript web UI, server, and MCP tools
• Contribute to the Rust self-upgrading launcher and its supply-chain hardening
• Write comprehensive tests (unit, integration, end-to-end) using Vi test and Playwright
• Create data pipelines and work with PostgreSQL databases handling millions of records
• Deploy services to Kubernetes and set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
• Use AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode) for rapid development, test generation, and code reviews

Tech Stack

Languages: TypeScript/JavaScript, Rust, and whatever languages are best suited to the product outcomes we need

Frontend: React, Material-UI, Astro (website), Vi test (testing), Playwright (end-to-end testing)

Backend & tooling: Node.js, MCP (Model Context Protocol), Jira/Atlassian APIs, PostgreSQL

Infrastructure: Kubernetes (container orchestration), Docker, GitHub Actions (CI/CD)

GenAI Tools: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode

Requirements

• Self-directed learner who actively seeks out information and experiments with new technologies
• Self-starter who takes initiative and makes progress without constant direction
• Ability to understand complex systems and break down problems step by step
• Resourceful problem-solver who uses AI tools, documentation, and code examples
• Strong communicator who explains concepts clearly and works well with other
• Comfortable with uncertainty and changing requirements

What You’ll Learn

• How to build MCP servers and GenAI developer tooling that agents use to do real work
• Context engineering: how to represent work, architecture, and process so AI agents can reason about it
• Full-stack development: React/TypeScript frontend, Node.js server, and Rust systems programming
• API design, cloud deployment, and comprehensive testing strategies
• Code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, security and supply-chain requirements, and documentation practices

Position intended for students of Northeastern University as part of the Co-op Program, but all applications may be considered.

Why Work Here?

#WhyWorkAnywhereElse?

MasterControl is a place where Exceptional Teams come together to do their best work. In fact, hiring Exceptional Teams is a core value of ours. MasterControl employees are surrounded by intelligent, motivated, and collaborative individuals. We like to call it #TheBestTeamOnThePlanet.

We work hard to develop and challenge our employees’ skillsets, recognize their contributions, encourage professional development, and offer a one-of-a-kind culture. This is why we say #WhyWorkAnywhereElse?

MasterControl could be your next (and last) career move!

Here are some of the benefits MasterControl employees enjoy:

• Competitive compensation
• Schedule flexibility
• Company parties and employee recognition programs
• Wellness programs
• Much, much more!

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

The US base hourly range for this full-time position is $30 - $50. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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