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The Washington Post · 1 day ago

Summer Intern, Subscriptions

Washington, DC

Internship

Onsite

Intern

The Washington Post is on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America, and they are seeking a Software Engineering Intern to join their subscriptions team. This role involves building and enhancing systems for customer access and management of digital and print subscriptions, contributing to backend services, and user-facing features.

Newspapers

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Support critical systems that manage customer access, renewals, and billing

Ensure services are reliable, secure, and easy to use

Contribute to the development of backend services and user-facing features

Assist with designing, implementing, testing, and deploying code using Java, AWS, React, Docker, and relational databases

Help improve the quality, performance, and customer experience of the subscription platform

Qualification

JavaSQLAWSReactDockerProblem-solvingCollaborationCommunicationTime managementAdaptability

Required

Familiarity with computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, design patterns)

Experience with one or more programming languages or tools (e.g. Java, Scala, Ruby/Rails, C++, SQL, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Objective-C, Swift, Kotlin)

Experience working with SQL and/or No-SQL databases

Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, with curiosity to learn new technologies

Clear written and verbal communication skills

Effective time management and adaptability in fast-paced environments

You must be enrolled in a degree-seeking program at the time of submitting this application

Preferred

Cloud (AWS, Azure or GCP) understanding is a plus

Benefits

Exclusive events like our annual intern hackathon

Lunch seminars from leaders across the company

Company

The Washington Post

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The Washington Post is an award-winning news leader whose mission is to connect, inform, and enlighten local, national and global readers with trustworthy reporting, in-depth analysis and engaging opinions.

Founded in 1877