Co-op/Intern, Software Development - Winter 2027

Job Title: Co-op/Intern, Software Development (Winter 2027 Term)

Location: Vancouver, BC or Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Term: 4 months

Start Date: January 4, 2027

Openings: 1

This Job is for Students pursuing a Career in Computer Science, Software Development or a related field. 

You'll work on a tight-knit team of passionate operations developers to build and maintain the systems infrastructure, servers and networks that power our mission-critical social media applications. You’ll pair with a mentor and work at our Vancouver or Toronto office side-by-side with a passionate, egoless team having fun building something bigger than themselves. Experience what it’s like to make a difference in people's lives by building the products that our customers turn messages into meaningful relationships.

• →Work with mentors to learn the craft of Software Development
• →Collaborate in small teams to design, build, and ship high-quality software to Production
• →Participate in code reviews to continually improve your craft and approach to problem solving
• →Iterate in an agile fashion; creating hypotheses and testing them with incremental changes
• →Work-out-loud by sharing your work and experiences internally and with our community
• →Work with the following technologies: Go, Scala, PHP, Docker, Jenkins, Kafka, Redis, MySQL, Domain Driven Design, Event Sourcing, Test Driven Design and Agile, React and Typescript.

• Experience shipping code or a demonstrated interest in programming or technical skills
• A demonstrated history of creative thinking and collaborative problem solving
• A drive to complete things because you want to, not because you have to
• Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs
• Creativity and Innovation: seeks new and better ways of doing things, generates original and imaginative ideas, products, or solutions
• Courage: steps up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said
• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding

• Tenacious. You are determined to succeed, and you are motivated by the success of customers, colleagues and the community.
• Curious. You are always learning and seeking ways to make things better.
• Conscientious. You keep your promises, taking your commitments to others seriously, and you have strong integrity.
• Humble. You lead with humility and empathy, respecting and learning from the perspectives of others.

In all we do, our six guiding principles light the way:

Step Up: Dare to go beyond the expected to achieve greatness. #StepUp

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