Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)

Engg; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch provided

Free snacks and drinks

In-office activities and events

Job summary

Klaviyo is offering a Summer Software Engineering Internship in Boston, MA. You will join a fast-paced, collaborative team and work on meaningful projects that affect thousands of customers.

You’ll own features end-to-end, ship code, and learn from experienced engineers in an AI-first environment. You’ll be embedded on an engineering team, go through Base Camp onboarding, and join team-specific projects with in-person collaboration five days a week.

Qualifications

• Previous software engineering internship or co-op with hands-on development.
• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math/Statistics, or related field.
• Graduating in December 2027 or May/June 2028.

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end on assigned projects with immediate impact.
• Write, test, ship, and improve production code, collaborating with peers.
• Work across stack from back-end to front-end and across technologies.
• Drive performance and scalability improvements based on real user feedback.

Skills

Python

Django

TypeScript

React

Go

MySQL

Cassandra

ClickHouse

Kafka

Redis

AWS

Terraform

Education

Pursuing CS/Data Science degree

Job description

At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyos brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying. At Klaviyo, our Engineering teams build scalable, high-performance systems that power both our product and the infrastructure behind it.

As a Software Engineering Intern, you'll be part of a fast-paced, collaborative team whose work reaches thousands of customers worldwide. You won't just be writing code. You'll be solving hard problems, shaping how users experience our product, and learning from engineers who've been doing this for a while. This internship is your shot to put your software development skills to work in production. You'll be embedded on one of our engineering teams (see overviews below), take on projects that matter to our customers, and build a technical foundation as you make connections across the business. Our interns come from all kinds of coding backgrounds, but they all share one thing: they're excited to build, own, and scale features end-to-end, from scratch. You'll work alongside experienced engineers, take on hard technical problems, and ship code that supports Klaviyo's mission. We're an AI-first company, so you'll be expected to use AI tools to support your work, learn faster, and do your best work here.

How you'll make an impact Own features that our 180K+ paying customers rely on daily to reach their consumers and grow their business. Take responsibility for the mission, technical direction, and operation of projects with immediate impact. Own the full lifecycle of your code: writing it, testing it, shipping it, and making it better over time. Ownership is expected here, not just encouraged. Build and ship features that meet a high bar and grow your technical skills while you do it.

Get hands-on debugging real issues, both locally and in production. Contribute to documentation and support your team during incidents (real-world problems teach you things a tutorial never will). Work closely with your teammates: ask questions, share ideas, and get better by taking feedback seriously. Learn to use the right tool for the job, lean into AI, and keep looking for ways to make things better. Put AI at the center of how you work to move faster. Build smarter systems and better workflows from the ground up.

Who you are

At least one previous software engineering internship or co‑op, with hands‑on software development experience

Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math/Statistics, or a related field

Graduating in December 2027 or May/June 2028

Experience with some of these technologies and languages: Python, Django, Typescript, React, Go MySQL, Cassandra, Clickhouse, Kafka, Redis Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS, Aurora, etc.), Terraform

You enjoy working across new technologies and you’re excited to work across the stack from back-end to front-end work

You love digging into performance and scalability issues to find breakthrough solutions: a slow-loading UI, too many clicks in a workflow, a database query timing out, a queue that won't drain.

You believe every problem can be solved, and you'd rather run toward it than around it.

You enjoy shipping code early and often, working closely with products to build better software based on feedback from thousands of end users.

You embrace Klaviyo's \"always learning\" culture. We learn faster together, which is part of why this program happens in person.

You’ve already experimented with AI in work or personal projects, and you're excited to find ways to make your work smarter and more efficient.

Internship logistics

Our Summer Internship Program is an 11-week paid experience [June 1–August 13] at our Boston, MA headquarters. Interns are in office 5 days a week.

Offers will be team agnostic - interns are placed on a team approximately 30 days from the start of the program. Team placement can be on a full-stack, back-end, or front-end team within any of the pillars.

Before joining individual teams, all interns go through Klaviyo Base Camp, our onboarding experience built to get you up to speed on Klaviyo, our product, and the day-to-day of engineering here, plus time to get to know the other interns. You'll join your team ready to dive into real project work from day one.

Our Boston office is genuinely fun. Lunch is on us 5 days a week, along with free snacks and drinks, ping pong, Nintendo Switch, a golf simulator, and a speakeasy to unwind in. Throughout the summer, interns get together for social events beyond team and project work: a Red Sox game, a Boston Harbor Cruise, trips to Kings and Versus, ice cream socials, and Ask Me Anything sessions with Klaviyo's senior leadership.

Former intern projects

• Built a new 'Share Inbox Preview' feature allowing users to generate public share links from the Email Editor.
• Implemented an 'Invite Expiration Extension' endpoint in IAM with basic logging and validation.
• Created a small dashboard that displays real-time delivery stats using existing API data and simple visualizations.
• Migrated one internal service from Jenkins → Buildkite and documented the migration process.
• Added an image and carousel support for WhatsApp Templates ensuring backward compatibility.

Engineering at Klaviyo

Our engineering teams are organized into pillars to keep the work focused.

Data Infrastructure: Empower our internal teams and customers to get the best out of our data and agent platforms. underlying capabilities: Agent Platform, CDP revenue, Data Lake usage, Active API endpoints, Accounts with healthy API usage MCMI: Own the growth, revenue, and reliability of our mobile channels and all messaging in