Software Engineering Internship - Spring 2027

The role

You will build and improve internal tools, write integrations, and design dashboards. You will work alongside senior engineers on tools, data systems, and infrastructure to support manufacturing and operations.

What you will do

• Build and improve internal tools for engineering and operations teams
• Write integrations and scripts to connect systems and keep data reliable
• Design and maintain dashboards for operational data
• Assist with backend and cloud infrastructure work
• Debug issues, write tests, and ship improvements

Required qualifications

• Strong programming fundamentals
• Experience with at least one modern programming language such as Python or TypeScript
• Interest in software that supports real-world products and operations
• Familiarity with APIs, web applications, or cloud-based systems
• Practical and curious, with a habit of taking ownership and following through
• Able to break down a problem, work through it, and know when to ask for help
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment where software and hardware intersect

Nice to have

• Experience supporting or contributing to live backend systems
• Background in building user-facing interfaces with React or a similar frontend framework
• Exposure to SQL, structured data formats, and dashboards or data visualization tools
• Familiarity with AWS or cloud infrastructure
• Interest in manufacturing, hardware-software integration, or IoT systems

Benefits

• Work on high-impact problems with global relevance
• Contribute to technology addressing water security and climate resilience
• Tackle meaningful problems at the intersection of software, hardware, and operations
• See your work directly affect how we build, ship, and improve real-world products
• Learn quickly in a collaborative environment with broad exposure across engineering

About the company

Vital Lyfe is a tech company creating personal water making technology built to scale where infrastructure cannot.