Software Engineering Intern

The role

The software engineering intern will design and maintain modern, scalable applications and own the cloud and infrastructure layer. This role involves building user interfaces, developing backend APIs, and architecting global deployments.

What you will 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
• Collaborate with product and robotics teams to integrate data, telemetry, and control interfaces
• Build customer facing and internal tools
• Full stack application development

Required qualifications

• 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
• Comfortable with the pace and intensity of early-stage startup life

Nice to have

• 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

Benefits

• relocation
• company perks

About the company

Terranova builds intelligent robotic systems to terraform the Earth itself - lifting land, restoring wetlands, and protecting critical infrastructure from floods and sea-level rise. Their work supports climate resilience, disaster recovery, and defense.