What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Development Intern-IAM, Summer 2025 position at EBSCO?
EBSCO Information Services (EIS) provides a complete and optimized research solution comprised of e-journals, e-books, and research databases - all combined with the most powerful discovery service to support the information needs and maximize the research experience of our end-users. Headquartered in Ipswich, MA, EIS employs more than 2,700 people worldwide, most now working hybrid or remotely. We are the leader in our field due to our cutting-edge technology, forward-thinking philosophy, and outstanding team. EIS is a company that will motivate you, inspire you, and allow you to grow. Our mission is to transform lives by providing relevant and reliable information when, where, and how people need it. We are looking for bright and creative individuals whose unique differences will allow us to achieve this inclusive mission around the world.
Your Opportunity
Identity and Access Management (IAM) is essential for every service at EBSCO Information Systems (EIS), ensuring secure access to resources across our platform. As an intern with the API Wizards team, you’ll gain hands-on experience managing access to one of our premier services, EBSCO Discovery Service API via AWS API Gateways and other supporting infrastructure.
In this role, you’ll work on setting up and configuring internal authentication infrastructure and implementing secure access control for APIs. Throughout the software development lifecycle—from design and development to testing and deployment—you’ll collaborate with experienced software engineers, learning best practices in security, automation, and cloud-native development. This is a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of secure, scalable API architecture within a collaborative and innovative environment.
What You'll Do
- Contribute to the implementation of authentication services at EBSCO, including external API gateways, internal APIs, website development, and other AWS infrastructure.
- Work with an agile software development team and mentors to complete feature work and practice software engineering best practices.
- Create and update unit, integration, and e2e tests for software.
- Perform bug fixes and continuous operations improvements to existing code.
- Break down complex software engineering features into digestible pieces of work.
- Live the principles of the Agile methodology and SAFe framework
About You
- Working toward a bachelor's degree in a computer science field or related experience.
- Basic knowledge of Software Design, Algorithms, Programming, and Data Structures.
- Experience building software applications in a class, as a personal hobby, as part of an open-source project.
- Experience with source code management tools such as GitHub.
- Familiarity with coding languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, C#.
Our Offer To you
As part of the EIS Summer Intern Program, interns receive an hourly wage and dedicated orientation program starting on June 2nd and participate in enrichment and training events with fellow interns across the company. To learn more about the EIS Summer Internship Program, please visit - https://www.ebsco.com/about/internship-opportunities
Pay Range
USD $22.00 - USD $26.00 /Hr.Salary : $22 - $26
