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Wayfair

Software Engineering Intern

Wayfair, Austin, Texas, us, 78716


Software Engineering Internship - Summer 2024

June 3, 2024 - August 9, 2024

Location: Austin, TX

Our Engineering team within our Technology organization is building the future of home and looking for dynamic, hardworking and talented students to join us in Summer 2024 for a 10 week internship from June 3, 2024

- August 9, 2024. As a Software Engineering Intern you will dive into a number of complex technical projects and gain a better understanding of our business. You will have the opportunity to work within the following group:

Supply Chain Retail Tech:

Develops the complex, ground-breaking logistics system to help move the products Wayfair sells from suppliers to warehouses to customers. Supply Chain is responsible for international transportation, warehouse management, and the customer delivery network making it all possible.

What You’ll Do:

You will work on individual and group projects focused on the full project life-cycle

You will collaborate with business leaders and key stakeholders to brainstorm on how to solve the challenge

Currently pursuing a Bachelors degree with the expectation that degree will be obtained between December 2024 and August 2025

Must be returning to the course of study following completion of the internship

What You’ll Need:

Basic Qualifications:

You are currently enrolled in a full-time undergraduate/graduate degree program in Computer Science or a related technical field

You have a proven track record of strong academic performance.

You may have experience with full stack and/or mobile development.

You may have knowledge and experience working with object oriented programming languages.

You may have experience or exposure to SQL, JavaScript and HTML, Python, HTML/CSS (this is not required for all teams)

You have an interest in working with big data and machine learning

You enjoy autonomy and the opportunity to make a project or tool on your own

You have strong communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

You will be exposed to a broad spectrum of technologies and programming languages

We will help you improve your designs and jumpstart your learning

You will have accessibility to technology/engineering leadership who want to hear your ideas

You will participate in events with interns across the business!

You will receive professional development training to improve your soft and hard skills

Wayfair Internship Program

Our Summer Internship Program is a paid ten-week, full-time program in our Austin office for 10 weeks June-August. We have internship opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students. No matter who you are, we want Wayfair to be a place where you feel at home. We offer high impact-projects, mentorship, and community-building activities to all of our interns. Throughout the program, we provide interns with the opportunity to engage in social and community building activities including:

Social events

Skills-based training

Dialogue events with senior leaders to provide a holistic view of all functions at Wayfair

Coffee chat opportunities for interns to get to know one another

Volunteer opportunities

Alumni networking events

Intern-wide innovation project designed to teach interns skills for handling ambiguous business problems

Intern Appreciation Day

An Important Note about Wayfair's In-Office Policy:

All Austin-based interns and corporate employees will be in office in a hybrid capacity. Employees in the technology org will work in the office on designated days, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and work remotely the other 2 days of the week.

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form.

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