Trainee - Engineering (Forge) at GoDaddy in Kirkland, WA

Launch Your Tech Journey with GoDaddy’s Future of Work Summer Camp! 
Real Products. Real AI. Real Impact. 
 
Join us this summer and: 

• Get Hands-On with Technology and AI: Dive deep into artificial intelligence and learn how it powers the products people use every day. 

• Build for Millions: Work directly on GoDaddy tools and services that impact businesses and individuals across the globe. 

• Level Up Your Skills:  Work on engineering-focused AI initiatives that bring measurement, rigor, and repeatability to agent development—plus prototypes that improve internal productivity through secure agent integrations.  

Key Responsibilities  

• Benchmark AI agents using structured evaluation metrics (accuracy, task success rate, hallucination rate, latency, and cost). 

• Design simulation scenarios to test agent behavior across realistic workflows and edge cases. 

• Run iterative experiments to improve prompts, tool usage, and grounding strategies. 

• Quantify improvements in agent quality, reliability, and development cycle time. 

• Present data-driven findings showing how evaluation and simulation accelerate agent maturity and engineering velocity. 

• Identify high-friction internal workflows (documentation lookup, ticket triage, data queries, deployment support). 

• Build AI agents (e.g., in Microsoft Copilot Studio) integrated with internal systems. 

• Develop custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectors to securely expose structured enterprise data to AI agents. 

• Measure impact through before/after productivity analysis (time saved, response speed, workflow improvements). 

• Deliver and demo a working prototype that reduces manual effort and improves outcomes. 

Tools  

• Internal: Jira, Slack, GitHub, team documentation, AWS, internal APIs, Cursor, Prism/Synthia, SDO framework, GoCode  

• External: Microsoft Copilot Studio, MCP frameworks, agent/LLM evaluation tools and industry research 

Skills/Focus 
Evaluation and observability, experimentation, agent reliability, secure integrations, prototype development, impact measurement.  

• Learn From the Pros: Collaborate side-by-side with GoDaddy engineering, product, and sales leaders and mentors who want to see you succeed. Work with fellow trainees to share ideas, strategies, and wins, whether you’re building new features or reaching out to communities. 

• Boost Your Resume: Take on meaningful projects that matter, and, and you’ll leave with real experience to show for it. 

Who should apply? 

• Rising college freshmen or sophomores pursuing computer science or related tech fields

• Curious minds ready to explore how technology and AI are shaping the future of software, sales, and entrepreneurship 

• Builders, problem-solvers, and dreamers passionate about making a difference—whether through technology, product development, or customer outreach 

• Excited, enthusiastic communicators who want to connect with future GoDaddy customers and help others launch their ideas 

Program Details 

• Application Dates: March 27, 2026 – April 10, 2026 

• Program Dates: June 30, 2026 – September 3, 2026 

• Where: Kirkland, WA (in-office) 
  
  
• Weekly Hours: Tues/Wed/Thurs 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

• Compensation: $18.00/hour (no benefits/PTO, sick leave per WA laws) 

What’s in it for you: 
Hands-on project work, mentorship, weekly skill-building sessions, and the chance to see your contributions in action—plus access to unique training, mentoring from GoDaddy experts, and the opportunity to build your network of future entrepreneurs, creators, and leaders. 

Ready to make an impact? 
The Summer Camp program offers several different tracks for placement within tech, product management, and analytics, all with a future-forward focus on the development technology and implementation of AI. Apply now to GoDaddy’s Future of Work Summer Camp and help us empower everyday entrepreneurs—while jumpstarting your own career journey! 

Additional Information 
Selected applicants will be required to complete a HackerRank coding challenge. Applicants who pass the challenge and meet other trainee requirements will be invited to a subsequent round of in-person interviews to determine final program selections. 

This is primarily an in-office position with occasional remote opportunities, and therefore you must live within commuting distance from the Kirkland, WA office. You will work from this office beginning on your first day, and will be expected to work in-office throughout the program duration. Selected participants will be assigned to work up to 8 hours per day in-office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. 
 
GoDaddy will not sponsor employment-based visas (e.g., candidates who now or in the future will require H-1B sponsorship) for this position at this level. 

 

We've got your back...  We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. 

We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.

We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.

About us...  GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us. 

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.

Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to myrecruiter@godaddy.com. 

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