Software Engineer Intern
San Diego, CA, United States
At Element Biosciences, we are passionate about our mission to empower the scientific community with more freedom and flexibility to accelerate our collective impact on humanity. We have built a highly efficient product-driven organization where employees can learn, grow, and thrive in a challenging but encouraging environment. We are committed to scientific integrity, collegiality, honesty, objectivity, and openness.
We are looking for a motivated Software Engineering intern to make an impactful contribution to our software team this summer! As a Software Engineering Intern, you will be primarily working with talented software developers, software testers, and product owners to build production level software that supports our sequencing platforms. This is an incredible opportunity for someone with a team-focused collaborative spirit, eagerness to build, and willingness to learn and improve on their development skills.
If you possess the following and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to explore this role.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Plan, design, and develop features within our existing applications.
Document and test new software applications.
Actively engage with team members, ask questions, and learn new frameworks to apply to our tech stack.
Collaborate on-site in a small, growing team of fast paced solution-oriented software engineers from various specialties.
Stay current with industry trends, making recommendations as needed to help the company excel.
Research, investigate, and fix a wide range of technical problems.
Employ exceptional problem-solving skills.
Education and Experience:
Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program at an accredited university with a focus in Computer Science, Bioengineering or equivalent; Must be a Rising or graduating Senior.
Previous industry experience in developing software, or equivalent project experience.
Familiarity with networking and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP and distributed networks.
Familiarity with various API protocols, such as REST, gRPC, and graphQL.
Previous experience working with technologies across front-end and back-end, (Go, React, Typescript preferable).
Excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to stay focused on completing tasks and meeting goals within a busy workspace.
Willingness to "try, fail, learn, succeed, and repeat"!
Physical Requirements:
Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds.
Location:
San Diego, CA
Travel:
N/A
Job Type:
Internship
Base Compensation Pay Range: $25/hr. - $40/hr.
In addition to base compensation noted above, you will be eligible for stock options, discretionary annual bonus, no cost health insurance plans, 401k with company match, and flexible paid time off.
Please note: Base compensation will depend on multiple factors, including geographic location, qualifications, and experience.
We foster an environment such that all people are afforded the freedom to pursue their passions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.