Software Summer Internship

Description

Job Title: Software Summer Internship

Job Location:  Remote, Littleton CO, Spring Lake NC 

Job Type: Paid Summer Internship

Travel Requirement: None

Sherpa 6 is seeking a highly motivated individual who is passionate about software development and wants to contribute on a full stack development effort. The software engineer intern will be responsible for researching and documenting architecture, developing code and submitting pull requests, and testing and validating the solution. The software engineer intern will attend daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and sprint reviews where they will get the opportunity to demonstrate to leadership what they have built.

While this position is just for the summer, interns who demonstrate they are a good fit for the Sherpa 6 culture will be invited to stay on the project in a part time capacity while they continue their studies. Any intern that receives this invite will not be required to interview for a full time position, and is eligible to receive a job offer upon graduation.

Job Description:

The Software Engineer Intern will work on a scrum team of peers and be led by technical leads at Sherpa 6. Day to day activities will involve attending daily stand-ups, writing code, creating pull requests, testing, reviewing UX/UI designs, participating in architecture discussions, and most importantly - having a willingness to learn!

Requirements

Preferred Experience:

· Starting Junior or Senior year of college after summer break

· Enrolled in a 4 year Computer Science program or equivalent

· Familiar with REST API design / development in any programming language

· Familiar with front-end SPA web development in any framework

· Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Principles

· Experience with Git

· Strong attention to detail

Exceptional Candidates Will Have: 

· Experience in Angular

· Experience in Golang

· Experience using Docker containers

· Experience using Jira and BitBucket

Background Screening/Check/Investigation:

Successful completion of a background screening/check/investigation will/may be required as a condition of hire.

ADA:

Sherpa 6 will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990.

EEO/AA:

Sherpa 6 does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, height, weight, or marital status in employment or the provision of services and is an equal access/opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan. We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life, therefore we extend a generous PTO policy. This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit.

Salary Range: 

The proposed salary range is reflective across all Sherpa 6 locations, years of experience and skill levels. Salary negotiations will be based on a host of factors including but not limited to your geographic location, prior experience, relevant skills, education, and certifications. 

About Sherpa 6:

At Sherpa 6 we love to solve problems and provide the best solutions for our customers. Our approach to a problem is to find a user-focused and design-driven solution that is simple yet functional and effective. We are a group of enthusiastic forward-thinkers who are excited to build amazing solutions with bleeding-edge technology. We hire people who are forward thinkers, passionate about what they do, love to collaborate and want to constantly learn. We enjoy what we do and we're not afraid to put the extra effort in to accomplish the mission; call us Sherpas. As a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, we know what it means to serve. We have made it our mission to be the leaders in solutions that protect and give our Warfighters the edge they need when put into harm's way.