About the role#
This is a four-month internship for students pursuing a career in Computer Science or a related field. You will join a team of developers to build and maintain the systems infrastructure, servers, and networks that support our social media applications. You will work alongside a mentor in our Vancouver or Toronto office to design and ship software. This is a paid, full-time position.
What you'll do#
- Learn the craft of software development through mentorship.
- Collaborate in small teams to design, build, and ship high-quality software to production.
- Participate in code reviews to improve your technical approach and problem-solving skills.
- Iterate in an agile fashion by creating hypotheses and testing them with incremental changes.
- Share your work and experiences internally and with the community.
- Work with technologies including Go, Scala, PHP, Docker, Jenkins, Kafka, Redis, MySQL, React, and TypeScript.
What you'll need#
- Experience shipping code or a demonstrated interest in programming and technical skills.
- A history of creative thinking and collaborative problem solving.
- A drive to complete projects because you want to, not because you have to.
- Ability to work with others to deliver results, prioritizing group needs over individual needs.
- A tendency to seek new ways of doing things and generate original solutions.
- Courage to address difficult issues and speak your mind.
- Clear communication skills, including attentive listening and asking questions for clarification.
- Determination to succeed and motivation by the success of customers and colleagues.
- A curious mindset focused on learning and making things better.
- Strong integrity and a commitment to keeping promises.
- Humility and empathy when working with and learning from others.
Location & details#
- Term: Winter 2027 (starting January 4, 2027).
- Modality: Hybrid.
- Locations: Vancouver, BC or Toronto, ON.
About Hootsuite
Hootsuite is a software development company that provides a platform for managing social media presence. The business offers tools to help brands launch campaigns, interact with customers, and manage social commerce. It also operates Hootsuite Academy, which provides education and certifications in social media marketing. Founded in 2008, the company is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people.
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