Software Engineering Intern - Summer 2027 (Burlington, VT)

Cox Enterprises; Burlington (VT); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Cox Enterprises in Vermont is offering Software Development Internships designed to mentor students while you work on real enterprise platforms, pipelines, and cloud infrastructure. You will contribute to automation efforts, learn modern deployment practices, and collaborate with senior engineers across Cox’s technology teams.

The role emphasizes building secure, resilient applications at scale, learning from mentors, and gaining hands-on experience with cutting-edge tooling.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a BA/BS in computer science or a related field with coursework in software development, systems, networking and security.
• Passion for technology, reverse engineering and writing code to create solutions and fix problems.
• Collaborative attitude with clear written and verbal communication.
• Experience with Windows and Linux systems, containers and databases.
• Experience with source code, build, deployment, orchestration and configuration management tools.
• Experience coding in at least one high-level language.
• Interest in automating manual tasks through automation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage enterprise platforms, deployment pipelines, security and quality monitoring.
• Create tools to automate tasks and maintain infrastructure on public and private clouds.
• Document development, procedures or test plans as needed.
• Follow best practices, security and engineering standards.
• Build tools and pipelines for continuous integration and delivery.
• Automate packaging, deployment and configuration management across environments.
• Gather feedback from delivery teams to optimize throughput and quality.
• Monitor system and service performance and escalate issues as needed.
• Leverage AI tools to aid productivity, testing, and automation.

Skills

Windows

Linux

Containers

Databases

Automation

Scripting

AWS

Agile

AI tools

Programming language

Education

BA/BS in CS or related field

Tools

NA

Job description

We encourage candidates to apply to no more than three internship opportunities within a 90-day period. Our recruiting team will review your application and ensure you are considered for the opportunities that best align with your skills and interests.

There’s something really inspiring about the idea of innovators teaming up to build something incredible. If you agree, then you might be a perfect fit for a tech job at Cox!

Across the Cox family of businesses (Cox Enterprises, Cox Communications and Cox Automotive), we’re looking for Software Development Interns to join our team and learn from the best. Ready to collaborate with us and work at a great company that truly cares about you and your future? Keep reading!

What’s In It For You?

• We value your time and potential. At Cox, you’ll be exposed to meaningful and challenging work.

• You won’t be left alone to figure things out. You’ll have a team of supporters (plus an assigned program mentor) who will show you the ropes, guide you to excellence and cheer you on.

• You’ll experience real accountability to develop your professional skills.

• You’ll expand your network and professional toolbox through exposure to senior leaders.

• You’ll help us build a bold future that is sustainable, accessible and inclusive.

What You’ll Do

You’ll develop and manage enterprise platforms, deployment pipelines, security and quality monitoring. You’ll also develop tools to automate tasks and maintain new and existing infrastructure platforms on public and private clouds. Responsibilities will include:

• Developing automation for infrastructure provisioning and procedures, configuration management and ongoing support processes to be used across all environments.

• Documenting new development, procedures or test plans as needed.

• Helping develop and following best practices, security and engineering standards.

• Building tools and pipelines needed to facilitate continuous integration and delivery of software to all environments.

• Automating code packaging, code deployment and configuration management processes to be used across all environments.

• Soliciting feedback from delivery and operations teams about continuous integration and delivery challenges and working with them to identify opportunities to optimize software engineering throughput and quality.

• Tracking system and service performance continuously in all environments and escalates to the appropriate team.

• Leverage AI tools to assist in productivity, testing, and automation

Who You Are

Inquisitive. Logical. Dependable. These are just a few words that describe you. You love a good challenge and are happiest when you’re solving problems. You have the following qualifications:

• Currently a college student pursuing a BA/BS degree in computer science or a related field, including classes related to software development, systems, networking and security.

• A passion for technology, reverse engineering and writing code to create solutions and fix problems.

• A collaborative attitude and the ability to clearly articulate thoughts and processes with both verbal and written communication in one-on-one and group settings.

• Experience with Windows and Linux systems, containers and databases.

• Experience with source code, build, deploy, orchestration and configuration management tools.

• Experience in writing code and scripts in at least one high-level programming language.

• An eye to identify and a desire to resolve insufficiencies and manual activities via automation.

• Familiarity with public cloud architecture and technologies, preferably AWS.

• Familiarity with Agile concepts and processes (Scrum and Kanban).

• An interest in building and continuously improving secure and resilient applications at scale.

• An interest in gathering data and measuring the progress on what makes applications perform.

• Familiarity with AI tools that assist in producing, testing, and automating tasks in software development and deployment.

Intern/Co-Op sessions are considered temporary employment. No full-time employment commitments are made. However, depending on our business needs, some interns may be considered for a full-time position following the conclusion of the session conditioned upon the intern graduating from their academic program and being available to commence full-time employment at a specified time.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.