About the role#
As a Software Engineer Intern on the Helios team, you will spend 12 weeks working with a small, collaborative group to build and maintain cloud-native services. You will contribute to the product lifecycle, from initial design and implementation through to testing and production deployment. You will work alongside experienced engineers to solve distributed-systems problems and gain practical experience in how production software is operated and improved.
What you'll do#
- Develop features and services that support the lifecycle of customer workspaces and databases.
- Build automation for provisioning, scaling, upgrades, backups, and recovery.
- Improve service reliability, availability, observability, and operational efficiency.
- Design and implement backend services and APIs for cloud database management.
- Investigate and resolve performance, scalability, and correctness issues.
- Write production code, tests, documentation, and technical designs.
- Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, debugging, and team planning.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- A strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
- Programming experience in Go, Java, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or a similar language.
- An understanding of operating systems, distributed systems, networking, or databases.
- Familiarity with Linux or Unix-based systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- The ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with teammates.
- Curiosity, ownership, and a willingness to learn.
- Preferred: Coursework or project experience in distributed systems, cloud computing, databases, networking, or operating systems.
- Preferred: Experience building backend services, APIs, automation, or developer tools.
- Preferred: Familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, or public cloud platforms.
- Preferred: Experience with observability, monitoring, debugging, or performance analysis.
- Preferred: Experience contributing to production software or substantial technical projects.
- Preferred: Interest in reliability engineering and operating services at scale.
Location & details#
- This is a remote, paid, full-time internship.
- The term is rolling.
- Sponsorship is not provided.
About SingleStore
SingleStore is a software development company founded in 2011. It provides a database solution for real-time data management and insights. The platform supports both transactional and analytical workloads through a distributed architecture. Based in San Francisco, the company employs between 201 and 500 people.
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