- Job type
- Internship
- Work mode
- On-site
- Level
- Intern
- Department
- Software Development
- Experience
- Not listed
- Posted
- Sep 26, 2026
About the role
What to to Expect
We are seeking a software engineering intern for Spring 2027 who can design and maintain modern, scalable applications while owning our cloud and infrastructure layer. You’ll build responsive user interfaces, develop backend APIs, and architect deployments that can scale globally. You’ll thrive if you’ve worked on platform or infra teams (Cloudflare, Vercel, AWS) or as a product engineer at performance-oriented orgs (Stripe, Notion, etc.). Check out plan.terranova.inc for an idea of some of the web dev stuff you'll need to develop.
What You’ll Do
- Design and implement performant, maintainable web apps powered by Vue / Nuxt / TypeScript, and backends written in NestJS, Rust, or Go.
- Build and operate distributed backends with Postgres, TimescaleDB, and a desire to work with serverless constraints.
- Implement CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and incident-response workflows, a'la Sentry or DataDog.
- Collaborate with product and robotics teams to integrate data, telemetry, and control interfaces.
- Build customer facing and internal tools
- Full stack application development
- Comfortable with the pace and intensity of early-stage startup life
- Working towards a bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
- U.S. permanent residency required
- Ability to be on-site part-time required
Preferred Skills and Experience
- History of making stuff - hobby projects, industry experience
- TypeScript
- Vue/Nuxt.js
- NestJS/Rust/Go
- Postgres/TimescaleDB/queues
- GitHub Actions/Argo
- OpenTelemetry/DataDog/Sentry
- iOS and Android app development, with a focus on cross-platform programming
Compensation and Timeline
- $25-35/hr + relocation + company perks
- Spring Internship from January-May depending on your school schedule