Software Engineering Internship - Summer 2021
Your Impact
This is an amazing opportunity to participate in an internship with a transformative, educational, e-commerce, start-up whose mission is to reinvent the way people learn. As an intern for edX, you will work with an amazing group of innovators who are focused on the mission of offering interactive online courses and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from the worlds best universities and corporations.
Your Team
Interns will join edX as a member of a squad dedicated to one of edXs key business initiatives, whether its product or platform-based. These squads complete work thats crucial to edXs product roadmap and success! There will be opportunities to collaborate with folks within your own team, with other interns, and with key stakeholders across the organization.
You Will
- Work up to 40-hours a week gaining real, full lifecycle software development skills on one of our engineering teams.
- Learn about and use technologies such as: Python, Django, React, Javascript, HTML and CSS.
- Projects will be based on the work that the engineering teams are currently working on.
- Develop code, test your code, build software features, participate in software design, work on live tickets, and more!
- Work closely with a mentor who will offer guidance and support for anything -- this could be for help with coding projects or small tips like how to add an emoji in Slack
You are:
- An undergraduate rising senior working towards a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field of study.
- Organized, reliable, collaborative, intellectually curious, and deadline oriented.
- A great communicator, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experienced in software design, coding, and debugging. It is great if you have worked on programming projects outside of the classroom, whether during a hackathon, with a CS club, or in your own spare time.
- Familiarity with our stack: Python/Django, MySQL, and/or AWS
- Comfortable working in a remote setting, with excellent organizational skills.
We understand that applying for a job can be intimidating. Applicants rarely meet every single job requirement, and we know there are many skills and backgrounds that will contribute to success in this role.
Thats why we provide new employees with:
- Employee onboarding and training sessions
- Personalized 30/60/90+ day plans
And much more to support you in your personal journey at edX! That said, if this role looks like a great next step for you, please apply even if you cant check every box. Wed love to hear from you!
edX is the education movement for restless learners. Together with our founding partners Harvard and MIT, weve brought together over 30 million learners, the majority of top-ranked universities in the world, and industry-leading companies onto one online learning platform that supports learners at every stage. And were not stopping thereas a global nonprofit, were relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location.
