Software Engineer Intern - Neurodiversity Hiring Initiative

Specialisterne’s Neurodiversity Hiring Initiative with Goldman Sachs is available to applicants who: 

1. Self-identify with the following neurodivergent labels or identities:

• Autism (including Asperger’s and PDD-NOS)
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Learning Disability (dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia)
• Intellectual Disability
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Tourette Syndrome

2. Have experienced barriers to finding and/or maintaining employment related to their neurodivergence

3. Are open to receiving workplace support from Specialisterne

Learn more about who’s eligible for Specialisterne’s Neurodiversity Hiring program and how the process works here:

Candidates must be willing to submit to and successfully pass a comprehensive pre-employment background check, including but not limited to:

• Employment Verification: Verification of every job, internship, or contract to verify exact start/end dates, job titles, and reason for departure.
• Education Verification: Confirmation of degrees earned, major, enrollment dates, graduation dates, and requesting official transcripts to verify claimed GPAs.
• Criminal History & Fingerprinting: Deep searches across local, county, state, federal, and international databases, usually looking back 7–10 years.
• Credit & Financial Checks: Comprehensive review of credit history, debt levels, bankruptcies, outstanding judgments, and late payments.

• Organization: Goldman Sachs
• Job Title: Software Engineer Intern
• Location: 2001 Ross Ave, Dallas, TX 75201 (Candidates should be currently located within commutable distance to the role location)

Employment Terms:

• This role is an 9-week internship with the opportunity to transition to full-time
• Internship and full-time employment are both fully in-office
• Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
• Overtime: Some weekends may be required, depending on maintenance cycle
• Estimated Salary: $90,000/year
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for sponsorship now or in the future

Essential Tasks - In this job, you will:

• Solve complex problems at scale and develop high-performance quality applications with a global user base
• Build and deploy modern data management tools to curate key client reference data sets, models and workflows
• Evaluate, select and acquire new internal or external data sets that contribute to business decision making
• Engineer data processing pipelines while identifying areas for process automation and improving efficiency
• Partner with data platform teams to adopt cloud-based processing pipelines and data distribution
• Drive strategic initiatives and delivery of key programs of work across the Client Data or Vendor Data department and the broader division

General Skills and Abilities - In this job you will demonstrate:

• The ability and willingness to learn new technical skills
• The ability to be an independent thinker and a desire to take on challenges
• The ability to stay business focused and push for quantifiable commercial impact
• The ability to collaborate effectively across global teams and communicate complex ideas in a simple manner
• A strong work ethic with a sense of ownership and urgency
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Digital/Technical Skills - In this job you will demonstrate:

• Intermediate programming skills using Java, Python, React, or SQL
• Basic data modeling skills using Excel or similar tools (such as column labeling and adjusting data to represent data in a user-friendly way that is easily consumed)
• Basic version control skills in Git

Education/Knowledge - In this job you need to have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Basic knowledge of working with complex business processes, data flows and consuming large amounts of data is nice to have but not required
• Basic understanding of cloud infrastructure is nice to have but not required

Experience - In this job you need to have:

• Experience (professional, personal, or academic) with any of the following is nice to have but not required:
  • Working on a project using AGILE methodology
  • Working with others via code reviews
  • Testing frameworks
  • AI tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude Code

Social Interaction - The following types of communication and interaction are required to perform the job successfully: 

• Oral communication: Daily
• Email communication: Daily
• Instant messaging: Hourly to Daily
• Video communication: Daily (Camera is optional)
• Interacting with supervisors: Weekly
• Interacting with peers: Daily

Job Stressors - Employees sometimes find the following stressful about this job:

• Working on projects with tight timelines
• Projects will require creative problem-solving and troubleshooting that may involve working through frequent hurdles or roadblocks
• Recognizing the correct point to stop unproductive efforts and ask for help or escalate issues when encountering roadblocks
• The need to rapidly pivot between changing tasks/assignments can be challenging

Job Motivators - Employees tend to find the following motivating or rewarding:

• Working in a fun and collaborative team-oriented environment
• The opportunity to take on new challenges on a regular basis and not get stuck in repetitive tasks
• New opportunities for problem solving and learning new technologies
• Learning how technology unlocks commercial opportunities

Candidate Assessment - To be considered for this role, compatible applicants: 

• Will complete a Candidate Profile and meet 1:1 with Specialisterne
• Will complete HackerRank and/or CoderPad technical assessments
• Will be invited to participate in a Structured Interview with the hiring manager(s)

Workplace Support

• Specialisterne and our employer partners are committed to providing inclusive onboarding experiences and supporting new employees as they learn on the job 
• All new hires continue to liaise with a Specialisterne Workplace Support Specialist throughout the duration of the internship

Equal Opportunity & Access Statement

Specialisterne USA is an equal opportunity employer committed to building an accessible, neurodiversity-affirming, and inclusive workplace. We value the identities, lived experiences, perspectives, and contributions that each person brings to our team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, especially those whose experiences deepen our understanding of disability, neurodiversity, inclusion, and workforce access. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, role requirements, merit, and organizational needs. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations and ensuring an accessible application process for candidates and employees.