Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

New York, NY

Founded by Eliot Horowitz, co-founder and former CTO of MongoDB, Viam is a novel robotics engineering platform that lets you configure, control, and manage robots intuitively and quickly. We're inspiring a generation of engineers to solve complicated automation problems with our uniquely powerful suite of software tools. We're a ~100-person company headquartered in New York City.

Viam's products are built by engineers, for engineers. We want to build a platform we would want to use ourselves. We are looking for students studying computer science or related fields to collaborate with our full-time engineers on building out the software for our platform. Our current tech stack consists of Golang (backend), ES.Next/TypeScript/Svelte/Vue.js (frontend), Linux, MongoDB (database), and a variety of hardware. This is a software engineering internship, not hardware.

You'll Be:

• Working across the stack on the new and unique problems in robotics and cloud computing
• Fully integrated with the full-time engineering organization, matched to a specific team with an assigned mentor
• Using state of the art technologies that best tackle our problems at hand
• Learning engineering best practices in real-world production environments
• Playing with robotics hardware to test out the software we build

We're Looking For Someone Who:

• In the process of receiving a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or related field, with at least one additional term after the end of the internship
• Available to intern in person at our New York City office for 10-12 weeks during the summer of 2027
• Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals including algorithms, data structures, architecture and/or robotics
• Experience with various programming languages

Benefits

• Free lunch everyday that you are in the office
• Monthly wellness stipend to be used for a variety of fitness-related items like gym memberships, fitness classes, fitness equipment, and more
• AI Budget
• 3 vacation days to be used throughout the summer

Full-time Benefits

Viam's base salary range for this role is posted above. In addition to cash compensation, Viam offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants, health benefits, and more.

• 100% covered medical/dental/vision insurance plans, commuter benefits
• 25 days paid vacation and generous holiday observances
• Free lunch every day that you're in the office
• One Medical Membership
• Citi Bike memberships
• Monthly wellness stipend to be used for a variety of fitness-related items like gym memberships, fitness classes, fitness equipment, and more
• Paid parental leave
• Reproductive Health Benefits, including Fertility Benefits and Abortion Access Travel Benefits
• Yearly Learning and Development Budget for your own personal learning goals

Values:

• Vision Driven
• Collaborate Openly
• Act Decisively
• Succeed Through Diversity
• Hold Ourselves Accountable
• Lead with Curiosity