Remote IT Internship

Competitive Innovations, LLC; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Competitive Innovations LLC offers a remote IT internship designed to provide hands-on experience with Microsoft technologies, cybersecurity, web development, and digital transformation. Interns work on real projects for public and private sector clients, gaining practical skills while contributing to mission-driven work.

The role focuses on building SmartCIte operations, TypeScript-based development, and CMS integration, under supervision of experienced engineers.

Qualifications

• Must be a 2nd or 3rd year college student majoring in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or other IT related field
• Proof of residency in a HUBZone is required and must be maintained throughout internship
• This is a remote internship with 10 hours per week / 40 hours per month minimum
• CI will sponsor Microsoft certifications earned through the Microsoft Partner Network program

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing SmartCIte, a platform transforming crawled websites into CMS instances
• Implement features and bug fixes across a TypeScript-based stack (backend, frontend, CLI, CMS integrations)
• Contribute to content pipeline stages: HTML parsing, transformation, structured content generation, CMS modeling
• Build web pages and UI components in React/Next.js frontends
• Extend and maintain CMS schemas, content collections, field configurations, and migrations

Skills

TypeScript

React

Next.js

Web development

CMS

Education

CS major student (2nd or 3rd year)

Tools

CLI tooling

CMS modeling

Job description

Remote Information Technology (IT) Internship Opportunity!

Competitive Innovations LLC (CI) offers remote internship opportunities designed to give early career students hands‑on experience with modern Microsoft technologies, cybersecurity, web development, and digital transformation. Our interns work alongside experienced teams on real projects that support public and private sector clients, gaining practical skills while contributing to meaningful, mission driven work.

Internship Eligibility and Requirements

• Proof of residency in a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)–designated Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) is required prior to starting and must be maintained throughout employment. (Visit HUBZone Map to determine whether you live in an SBA‑designated HUBZone)
• 2nd or 3rd year college student majoring in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or other IT related field
• Hours: 10 hours per week / 40 hours per month minimum
• During this internship, students will have opportunities to build new technical skills and may pursue related professional certifications. CI will sponsor and maintain any Microsoft professional, or cloud certifications earned, through our participation in the Microsoft Partner Network program.
• The terms of this internship with CI are outlined in the job description below and in our standard Employment and Confidentiality Agreement, which must be signed by both the student and the company as a condition of employment.

Job Summary

SmartCIte Project Intern

CI is seeking a student software engineering intern to support the development of SmartCIte, a platform that transforms crawled websites into fully populated CMS instances. In this role, the intern will work alongside experienced engineers to:

• Implement scoped features and bug fixes across a TypeScript‑based stack spanning backend services, frontend applications, CLI tooling, and CMS integrations
• Contribute to core stages of the content pipeline, including HTML parsing, transformation, structured content generation, and downstream CMS modeling
• Build and refine web pages, layouts, and reusable UI components in modern React‑and Next.js‑based frontends
• Extend and maintain CMS schemas, content collections, field configurations, and database migrations