Full Stack Intern

Full Stack Intern

TLDR; We’re seeking a passionate and skilled Full Stack Intern to join our team and help build products that empower teachers with AI co-pilots, all while keeping students away from being glued to Chromebooks.

At EdLight, we refuse to be ordinary, and our job descriptions reflect our commitment to excellence and impact. Our work is grounded in the belief that teachers hold the power to advance educational outcomes. We're looking for an intern who not only excels at solving complex technical problems but also deeply cares about making a difference in education. If you're eager to develop cutting-edge AI solutions to improve equity in education, let’s talk!

What we’re looking for and why we need you!

We need a dedicated intern who believes deeply in EdLight’s Mission and Vision and is passionate about harnessing technology to transform education. The Full Stack Intern will work on developing both front-end and back-end solutions that avoid the pitfalls of traditional tech in education. Instead of requiring students to sit at Chromebooks, our solutions aim to diagnose student work using optical sensors, enabling a more natural and engaging learning experience. Your contributions will help push the state of the art in educational technology and have a meaningful impact on students, teachers, and families.

Here is our Senior Full Stack Engineer explaining the important role you will play. Watch this video.

Your Responsibilities

In your initial onboarding as a Full Stack Intern, we will focus on:

• Reviewing the company's technical training documents and resources.
• Participating in training sessions to master our development strategies and processes.
• Shadowing senior developers to gain insights into real-world full stack development tasks.
• Assisting in developing infrastructure, front-end, and back-end systems.
• Building aptitude in debugging and troubleshooting issues reported by users.
• Attending team meetings to understand the current development pipeline and project goals.
• Beginning initial development and testing of software components.

By month 3, we hope for you to successfully do all of the above and…

1. Develop Full Stack Solutions
   • Write clean, scalable code using best practices and industry standards.
   • Implement innovative approaches to combine front-end and back-end development for analyzing handwritten student work.
   • Collaborate with senior developers and educators to ensure software solutions meet educational needs and standards.

2. Expand Application for Family Members
   • Develop and implement features to extend our application’s usability for the family members of students, enhancing their ability to support and engage with their children’s educational progress.

3. Enhance Development Processes
   • Optimize code quality and system architecture for better performance and scalability.
   • Ensure data quality and consistency in collaboration with the data engineering team.

4. Integrate and Test Solutions
   • Work with software engineers to integrate full stack solutions into user-facing products.
   • Test and validate software components in real-world educational settings.

5. Contribute to Research and Development
   • Stay updated with the latest advancements in software development and educational technology.
   • Participate in internal and external development initiatives to push the boundaries of what technology can achieve in education.

You Are:

• Pursuing or recently graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
• Knowledgeable in Python and familiar with the Django framework.
• Basic proficiency in JavaScript and familiar with front-end development using frameworks like React.
• Basic knowledge of relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.
• Experience using development tools and environments like Visual Studio Code or PyCharm.
• Curious about deploying and scaling web applications.
• Passionate about educational equity and driven to create solutions that make quality instruction accessible for all.
• A strong communicator, both written and verbal.
• Proactive and able to work independently.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Constantly searching for ways to remain up to date with state-of-the-art software development practices.
• Demonstrated eagerness to learn new technologies and frameworks.
• Ability to adapt to new challenges and contribute to different stages of the development process.

The Perks:

• Competitive hourly rate: $35 - $45 per hour.
• Flexible, remote working environment.
• Culture: We are a small, yet agile and mighty team. If you are searching for a close-knit team driven by educational equity and tech accessibility in schools, we hope you reach out!

EdLight’s Mission/Vision

• Vision: To enable equitable student-centered classrooms.
• Mission: To bridge educational gaps by building technology that creates pathways between teachers and learners.

Our Core Values

• We do hard things.
• We see each other as whole.
• We work for and with future generations.

The Process:

1. Chronological Interview
2. Performance Task
3. Technical/Hiring Manager Interview
4. References Request
5. Offer