Hybrid Engineering Intern – Cloud, AI & DevSecOps

Socket.dev; Town of Sun Prairie (WI); Hybrid; USD 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Learning & development programs

Mentorship programs

Cross-functional committees

Job summary

Compeer Financial is offering a paid Engineering Internship designed to give students practical experience building and operating modern digital solutions within a cross-functional product team.

Interns work under guidance from experienced engineers, contributing to software design, development, testing, automation, deployment, and support while learning how engineering connects to product objectives, client needs, and business value.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• Completion of coursework in programming, software engineering fundamentals, algorithms, data structures, or comparable technical subjects.
• Experience developing software through academic coursework, personal projects, hackathons, research, open-source contributions, or comparable learning experiences.
• Demonstrated learning agility through curiosity, active feedback seeking, rapid application of new technical concepts, and adaptation of approaches to solve problems.
• Experience with one or more modern programming languages or development frameworks.
• Exposure to cloud-native application development concepts and one or more cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with Git-based source control and Agile software development.
• Exposure to automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps, or observability practices.
• Ability to develop clean, maintainable, and well-tested software while working under appropriate guidance and established engineering practices.
• Ability to analyze routine technical problems, ask effective questions, and apply foundational engineering principles to identify solutions.
• Ability to responsibly use AI-enabled engineering tools and practices, Agentic AI patterns, and AI agents with appropriate supervision while applying critical thinking, validating outputs, protecting sensitive information, maintaining human accountability, and following engineering standards.
• Ability to demonstrate learning agility by actively seeking and applying feedback, rapidly acquiring new knowledge, experimenting within appropriate guardrails, reflecting on outcomes, and continuously improving technical and professional capabilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders; listens to comprehend, asks thoughtful questions, builds trust through reliable follow-through, and begins contributing value-added observations or ideas.
• Ability to collaborate within cross-functional product teams, incorporate feedback and diverse perspectives, and contribute to an inclusive, positive, and engaging team environment.
• Ability to organize assigned work, adapt to changing priorities, and persist through routine ambiguity, mistakes, setbacks, and technical challenges.
• Understanding of secure software development fundamentals, quality engineering principles, and the responsibility to protect confidential information and client data.

Responsibilities

• Own Engineering Delivery by completing well-defined engineering assignments under guidance, with attention to quality, security, reliability, maintainability, supportability, testing, documentation, and established engineering standards.
• Develop Technical Foundations and Learning Agility by applying software engineering fundamentals while learning the team's technologies, domain concepts, and modern cloud-native, DevSecOps, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and delivery practices.
• Demonstrates curiosity, actively seeks coaching, experiments responsibly within established guardrails, and rapidly applies feedback and new knowledge.
• Uses AI-enabled engineering tools and practices, Agentic AI patterns, and AI agents with appropriate supervision to accelerate learning and improve productivity and quality while validating results, protecting sensitive information, and maintaining human accountability.
• Connect Engineering to Business Outcomes by developing an understanding of product goals, client needs, business priorities, and how assigned engineering work contributes to team objectives and meaningful business value.
• Strengthen Team Effectiveness by actively participating in Agile ceremonies, technical discussions, code reviews, testing, documentation, operational support, root-cause learning, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates resilience by adapting to feedback and changing priorities, learning from mistakes and setbacks, and persisting through routine technical challenges.
• Collaborate Across Teams by building productive and trusted working relationships with engineers, quality engineers, product managers, architects, platform engineers, UX designers, and business partners.
• Build Personal Capability by actively seeking coaching, reflecting on experiences, rapidly applying feedback and new knowledge, sharing learning, and demonstrating accountability for growth.
• Contributes to an inclusive, positive, and engaging environment where team members take the work seriously, enjoy working together, and recognize progress and success while preparing for potential progression into an Associate Engineer role.

Skills

Programming languages

Cloud platforms

Git

Agile

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Observability

AI tools

Communication

Education

CS/Software Engineering degree

Tools

Git

Cloud platforms

CI/CD tools

Observability tools

Job description

Compeer Financial is offering a paid Engineering Internship designed to give students practical experience building and operating modern digital solutions within a cross-functional product team.

Interns work under guidance from experienced engineers, contributing to software design, development, testing, automation, deployment, and support while learning how engineering connects to product objectives, client needs, and business value.