Sophia Engineering Intern at Sophia Learning in Minneapolis, MN

Summary: Sophia Learning is an online learning platform that partners with universities and organizations to make higher education more accessible. They are seeking a summer engineering intern to contribute to their production platform, gaining hands-on experience in both frontend and backend development while working on features that impact real users. Responsibilities: - Building software that reaches real users - Understanding how modern web applications work end to end - Working across the stack - Learning how production systems are deployed and maintained - Developing a security-aware engineering mindset Required Qualifications: - Curiosity about how things work beneath the surface and a willingness to dig into unfamiliar code - The ability to break down problems, ask good questions, and communicate what you're learning - Comfort working in a codebase you didn't write and a willingness to read more code than you write - A desire to understand why things are built the way they are, not just how - Enough programming foundation to be productive with guidance — the specific languages and frameworks matter less than your ability to learn them Required Skills: Programming foundation Important Skills: Backend services, Frontend interfaces, Cloud infrastructure Nice-to-Have Skills: Security awareness, Curiosity, Problem-solving, Communication skills Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and disability plans, Well-being incentives, Parental leave, Paid time off, Certain paid holidays, Tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA), 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition assistance, Entertainment and retail discounts