Software Engineer, Intern

United States Digital Space LLC; New York (IA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Hackathon participation

PTO and holidays

Catered meals and snacks

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an intern to contribute to full-stack software projects by developing, testing, and maintaining features. You will help develop, release, and maintain services and infrastructure while leading project priorities and deadlines.

We value dedication to universally available education, collaboration across teams, and opportunities to grow as an engineer. This internship offers mentorship, real impact projects, and a mission-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (e.g. math, physics or data science).
• Programming experience in Java, Python, Kotlin, or Swift.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to full-stack software projects by developing, testing, and maintaining features and services.
• Develop, release, and maintain services and/or infrastructure
• Lead individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
• Contribute to code reviews and collaborate across teams to ensure quality and scalability

Skills

Java

Python

Kotlin

Swift

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Our mission at the company is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

At the company, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

Read our blog to learn more.

What you'll do...

• Contribute to full-stack software projects by developing, testing, and maintaining features and services.
• Develop, release, and maintain services and/or infrastructure
• Lead individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
• Contribute to code reviews and collaborate across teams to ensure quality and scalability

What we're looking for...

• Graduating December 2027 - August 2028
• Pursuing a B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (e.g. math, physics or data science)
• Dedication to our mission of universally available education
• Programming experience in one or more of the following languages: Java, Python, Kotlin, or Swift.
• 12 weeks of consecutive availability
• May 24, 2027 - August 13, 2027
• June 14, 2027 - September 3, 2027

Deadline to apply: September 30, 2026

What you can expect...

• Close support from your mentor and your team
• Working on features and projects that will have real impact for our learners and internal users
• A fun, mission-driven environment, where you’ll have lots of opportunities to grow as an engineer and make meaningful connections with your colleagues

Past projects include...

• Developing a GPT-4 chat interface for one of our internal tools to streamline content creation
• Integrating our A/B testing framework with our observability stack to flag experiments that introduce errors
• Spanish audio lessons to improve listening comprehension
• Crafting new lessons to teach Coordinates in our Math course
• Porting large features to new platforms (iOS, Android, web)
• Dashboards and tooling for site reliability insights
• Crafting new microservices from scratch
• Language learning opportunities
• Catered in-house lunches, and breakfast and dinner options
• Company-wide Hackathon
• PTO and company holidays
• Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more!

Hourly Range for this internship is:

$54—$56 USD

Accommodations:

We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact [e-mail].

Equal Employment Opportunity:

the company is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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