2027 Summer Intern, Software Engineer

About the Role

This is a paid, full-time, 11-week internship designed to give you real-world experience and meaningful exposure to the telecommunications industry.

• Internship program runs from May 26 through August 6, 2027.
• In addition to role-specific projects, you’ll take part in professional development sessions, networking opportunities, mentorship, and experiences that help you grow personally and professionally.

The Video Software Engineering Intern provides technical support to the Video Platform Engineering organization, responsible for the design, development, and operation of high-scale backend services. You will contribute directly to production microservice development within an AWS-based distributed systems environment, gaining hands-on experience in enterprise software engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop production-quality features and defect resolutions for Java and/or TypeScript microservices under the mentorship of senior software engineers.
• Author unit, integration, and contract tests in accordance with the team's spec-driven development standards.
• Participate in peer code review processes within GitLab, providing and incorporating constructive technical feedback.
• Conduct performance analysis of backend services, including database query optimization and API latency profiling.
• Contribute to engineering documentation including API specifications, architecture decision records, and operational runbooks.
• Support observability and reliability initiatives by enhancing monitoring dashboards, alerting configurations, and structured logging within Datadog.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives with an assigned delivery team.
• Research and document technical modernization opportunities such as dependency upgrades, database migration strategies, and infrastructure optimization patterns.
• Deliver a formal presentation summarizing project accomplishments, technical contributions, and key learnings to engineering leadership at the conclusion of the internship.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Java (required)
• TypeScript / JavaScript (preferred)
• SQL (familiarity with relational and document-oriented query languages)
• Object-oriented programming principles and design patterns
• RESTful API design and development
• Version control systems (Git)
• Cloud computing fundamentals (AWS preferred — EC2, S3, DynamoDB, DocumentDB)
• Containerization concepts (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Unit testing frameworks and test-driven development methodologies
• Message-oriented middleware concepts (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)
• CI/CD pipeline fundamentals

Qualifications

• Must be a rising senior with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and May 2028.
• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited College or University completing a bachelor’s degree in:
• Computer Science
• Information Technology
• Computer Information Systems
• Must have at least a 3.0 GPA or greater in current program.
• Ability to travel locally to Spectrum intern development events and activities throughout the program.
• Ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret and implement from technical specifications and architecture documentation.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-directed learning with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, collaborative engineering environment.
• Attention to detail and commitment to code quality.