Infrastructure Software Engineering Intern - Fall

About The Role

We are seeking a Infrastructure and Site Reliability Intern for the fall term. The internship begins in September, with a preferred commitment of 4 to 8 months. You will design, build, deploy, and manage the on-prem backend infrastructure that powers our small, fast semiconductor fab. This is a broad role encompassing all aspects of backend infrastructure and services.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve our infrastructure-as-code tooling to manage complex, multi-environment deployments
• Help manage and maintain our fleet of on-premises servers, ensuring high availability and optimal resource utilization
• Maintain and monitor system performance and health across diverse production workloads
• Design, implement, and refine alerting systems to catch issues before they impact users
• Build automation to reduce toil and improve operational efficiency
• Implement secure secret management
• Debug production issues across the stack
• Work closely with engineering teams to understand their infrastructure needs and deliver robust, scalable solutions

Required Experience

• Pursuing a BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or demonstrated exceptional skill in software engineering
• Strong programming skills in Rust, Go, or other systems-oriented languages
• Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems concepts
• Experience building or maintaining non-trivial infrastructure, automation, or tooling projects (personal, academic, or professional)
• Interest in one or more of the following areas: systems reliability, observability, infrastructure automation, performance optimization

Nice-to-have Experience

• With configuration management or fleet management at scale
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Datadog)
• Familiarity with performance profiling and capacity planning
• Experience with database administration, backup strategies, or disaster recovery
• Exposure to secret management systems (Vault, SOPS) or PKI