Software Engineer Internship
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Intro: "Welcome to Gordon Food Service! ..." This is about the company, maybe "About the role"? Actually it's about the company and internship. Could be "About the role" or "About the internship". We'll treat as "About the role".
- "Our 12-week paid internship program offers firsthand experience and meaningful projects that have an impact on our business. Throughout the program, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside industry professionals receiving mentorship, professional development, and networking opportunities that will expose you to various aspects of our industry."
- Then sections: "Build Connections By Working alongside our Software Engineering team..." then bullet list of areas: Communications Finance Accounting Human Resources IT Marketing & Merchandising Supply Chain Sales
- "Build a Career In the software engineering department by:" then bullet list of duties: Contributing to active feature development... etc.
- "Build The Future By Being an intern at Gordon Food Service, North America's largest family-owned broadline food service distributor and working alongside our department Attending unique networking opportunities in and outside the office. Engaging in our mentorship program Shadowing jobs across the organization to explore your career path potential Participating in Gordon Food Services’ community and stewardship efforts Developing personal and professional skills through workshops about communication, LinkedIn, presenting, and more Embedding directly with a team that treats AI as a core collaborator. You will gain hands-on experience using and developing intelligent systems to deliver real-world business impact"
- Then "Meet the following qualifications to be considered for our 2027 internship program:" then bullet list: Currently enrolled in a university pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Information Systems (CIS), or a closely related STEM discipline. Must be authorized to work in the US. Must have a 3.0 GPA or higher
- Then "Taking Advantage Of Our Competitive Benefits Package Including Paid WeeklyFlex Hours Gordon Food Service Store Discount Employee Assistance Program"
- Then "Ready to start building? Apply today!" (application instruction, should be removed)
- Then "BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!" (maybe part of culture, but not a specific section; could be part of About the role)
- Then "Gordon Food Service values our customers..." etc (EEO boilerplate, remove)
- Then "If you require reasonable accommodation..." (remove)
- Then "All Gordon Food Service locations are tobacco-free." (remove)
- Then "Gordon Food Service is a drug-free workplace..." (remove)
Thus we need sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (maybe combine Build Connections, Build a Career, Build The Future?), Requirements (qualifications), Benefits (benefits package). Possibly Skills? Not explicit. Pay? Not explicit (only "paid internship" but not amount). Schedule? Not explicit (12-week paid internship program, maybe schedule is 12 weeks? Could be considered schedule? The posting says "12-week paid internship program". That's a duration, not schedule like full-time/part-time. Might be considered schedule? The instruction: only include Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections if posting actually states them. It states "12-week paid internship program" - that indicates paid and duration. Could treat as Schedule? Might be better to include a "Schedule" section with "12-week paid internship". However they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Could combine schedule into About the role? But they want sections only when posting has real specific content. The schedule is specific: 12-week paid internship. Could be a Schedule section.
Benefits: "Paid WeeklyFlex Hours Gordon Food Service Store Discount Employee Assistance Program" - seems like benefits: Paid, Weekly Flex Hours, Store Discount, Employee Assistance Program. So we can list those.
Responsibilities: we have Build Connections, Build a Career, Build The Future. Could combine into responsibilities.
Requirements: qualifications.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No job title given.
We must not include Job ID etc.
We must use for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We must remove boilerplate etc.
Let's extract substantive content.
About the role: combine introductory paragraphs:
"Welcome to Gordon Food Service! We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share. See below for a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There's a seat at our table for you... Looking to build connections, careers, and a future at one of North America's largest food service distributors? Do this and more as a Gordon Food Service intern at our Home Office! Our 12-week paid internship program offers firsthand experience and meaningful projects that have an impact on our business. Throughout the program, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside industry professionals receiving mentorship, professional development, and networking opportunities that will expose you to various aspects of our industry."
We could keep that as prose.
Responsibilities: we have three sub-sections: Build Connections, Build a Career, Build The Future. Could combine into a list.
Let's extract each bullet.
Build Connections:
"Working alongside our Software Engineering team that serves our customers, employees, and partners across North America and Canada.
Collaborating with other Gordon Food Service interns and employees in the following areas: Communications Finance Accounting Human Resources IT Marketing & Merchandising Supply Chain Sales"
We need to preserve the list of areas.
Build a Career:
"In the software engineering department by:
- Contributing to active feature development, enhancements, and API integrations across the Gordon Ordering eCommerce platform using Java/Spring Boot and Angular.
- Building, refining, and automating CI/CD pipelines, unit/integration testing suites, and database interactions within Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Cloud SQL PostgreSQL).
- Collaborating on developer efficiency initiatives, including evaluating and implementing AI-assisted engineering tools, automated test harnesses, and code quality workflows.
- Participating fully in agile software development ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, bi-weekly reviews, and retrospectives) alongside engineers, architects, UX designers, and product owners."
Build The Future:
"Being an intern at Gordon Food Service, North America's largest family-owned broadline food service distributor and working alongside our department
- Attending unique networking opportunities in and outside the office.
- Engaging in our mentorship program
- Shadowing jobs across the organization to explore your career path potential
- Participating in Gordon Food Services’ community and stewardship efforts
- Developing personal and professional skills through workshops about communication, LinkedIn, presenting, and more
- Embedding directly with a team that treats AI as a core collaborator. You will gain hands-on experience using and developing intelligent systems to deliver real-world business impact"
We need to preserve all details.
We could format as a single
with - items each being a sentence or bullet.
But we need to preserve the subheadings? The instruction: Use
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can have a
Responsibilities
then a with - items each representing a duty. Could combine the three areas as separate
- items, each containing multiple sentences.
We must not lose any detail.
Let's craft.
Responsibilities list:
- Working alongside our Software Engineering team that serves our customers, employees, and partners across North America and Canada; collaborating with other Gordon Food Service interns and employees in the following areas: Communications, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, IT, Marketing & Merchandising, Supply Chain, Sales.
- Contributing to active feature development, enhancements, and API integrations across the Gordon Ordering eCommerce platform using Java/Spring Boot and Angular; building, refining, and automating CI/CD pipelines, unit/integration testing suites, and database interactions within Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Cloud SQL PostgreSQL); collaborating on developer efficiency initiatives, including evaluating and implementing AI-assisted engineering tools, automated test harnesses, and code quality workflows; participating fully in agile software development ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, bi-weekly reviews, and retrospectives) alongside engineers, architects, UX designers, and product owners.
- Attending unique networking opportunities in and outside the office; engaging in our mentorship program; shadowing jobs across the organization to explore your career path potential; participating in Gordon Food Services’ community and stewardship efforts; developing personal and professional skills through workshops about communication, LinkedIn, presenting, and more; embedding directly with a team that treats AI as a core collaborator, gaining hands-on experience using and developing intelligent systems to deliver real-world business impact.
That seems to capture.
Requirements: list:
- Currently enrolled in a university pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Information Systems (CIS), or a closely related STEM discipline.
- Must be authorized to work in the US.
- Must have a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Benefits: list:
- Paid
- Weekly Flex Hours
- Gordon Food Service Store Discount
- Employee Assistance Program
Schedule: The posting says "Our 12-week paid internship program". That's both paid and schedule. Since we already have Paid in benefits, maybe schedule is "12-week internship". Could include schedule: "12-week internship". But we already have Paid as benefit; we could still have schedule separate: "12-week internship". However the instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine schedule into About the role? But we already have About the role includes mention of 12-week paid internship program. Actually About the role already includes that sentence: "Our 12-week paid internship program offers firsthand experience..." So schedule is already covered in About the role. So we may not need a separate Schedule section. The instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Since we already have that content in About the role, we could omit Schedule section to avoid duplication. However we might still include Schedule if we want to highlight it, but that would duplicate content. Better to omit Schedule.
Pay: we have Paid in benefits; we could keep Paid as benefit. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Benefits we have. Pay is part of benefits (Paid). Could we have a Pay section? It says Paid WeeklyFlex Hours etc. The phrase "Paid" is ambiguous. Could treat as benefit. We'll keep Benefits section.
Thus final sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits.
Now produce HTML fragment.
We need to wrap each section:
About the role
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etc.
For lists: Responsibilities
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Similarly for Requirements and Benefits.
Make sure to preserve all substantive information, not lose any.
Let's craft the About the role paragraph exactly as we have, but we may need to trim redundant promotional fluff? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the content but we can remove boilerplate like "Welcome to Gordon Food Service! We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share. See below for a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There's a seat at our table for you
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We must remove boilerplate etc. Let's extract substantive content. About the role: combine introductory paragraphs: "Welcome to Gordon Food Service! We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share. See below for a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There's a seat at our table for you... Looking to build connections, careers, and a future at one of North America's largest food service distributors? Do this and more as a Gordon Food Service intern at our Home Office! Our 12-week paid internship program offers firsthand experience and meaningful projects that have an impact on our business. Throughout the program, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside industry professionals receiving mentorship, professional development, and networking opportunities that will expose you to various aspects of our industry." We could keep that as prose. Responsibilities: we have three sub-sections: Build Connections, Build a Career, Build The Future. Could combine into a list. Let's extract each bullet. Build Connections: "Working alongside our Software Engineering team that serves our customers, employees, and partners across North America and Canada. Collaborating with other Gordon Food Service interns and employees in the following areas: Communications Finance Accounting Human Resources IT Marketing & Merchandising Supply Chain Sales" We need to preserve the list of areas. Build a Career: "In the software engineering department by: - Contributing to active feature development, enhancements, and API integrations across the Gordon Ordering eCommerce platform using Java/Spring Boot and Angular. - Building, refining, and automating CI/CD pipelines, unit/integration testing suites, and database interactions within Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Cloud SQL PostgreSQL). - Collaborating on developer efficiency initiatives, including evaluating and implementing AI-assisted engineering tools, automated test harnesses, and code quality workflows. - Participating fully in agile software development ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, bi-weekly reviews, and retrospectives) alongside engineers, architects, UX designers, and product owners." Build The Future: "Being an intern at Gordon Food Service, North America's largest family-owned broadline food service distributor and working alongside our department - Attending unique networking opportunities in and outside the office. - Engaging in our mentorship program - Shadowing jobs across the organization to explore your career path potential - Participating in Gordon Food Services’ community and stewardship efforts - Developing personal and professional skills through workshops about communication, LinkedIn, presenting, and more - Embedding directly with a team that treats AI as a core collaborator. You will gain hands-on experience using and developing intelligent systems to deliver real-world business impact" We need to preserve all details. We could format as a single
- with
- items each being a sentence or bullet.
But we need to preserve the subheadings? The instruction: Use
for section headings. Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can have a
Responsibilities
then a- with
- items each representing a duty. Could combine the three areas as separate
- items, each containing multiple sentences.
We must not lose any detail.
Let's craft.
Responsibilities list:
- Working alongside our Software Engineering team that serves our customers, employees, and partners across North America and Canada; collaborating with other Gordon Food Service interns and employees in the following areas: Communications, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, IT, Marketing & Merchandising, Supply Chain, Sales.
- Contributing to active feature development, enhancements, and API integrations across the Gordon Ordering eCommerce platform using Java/Spring Boot and Angular; building, refining, and automating CI/CD pipelines, unit/integration testing suites, and database interactions within Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Cloud SQL PostgreSQL); collaborating on developer efficiency initiatives, including evaluating and implementing AI-assisted engineering tools, automated test harnesses, and code quality workflows; participating fully in agile software development ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, bi-weekly reviews, and retrospectives) alongside engineers, architects, UX designers, and product owners.
- Attending unique networking opportunities in and outside the office; engaging in our mentorship program; shadowing jobs across the organization to explore your career path potential; participating in Gordon Food Services’ community and stewardship efforts; developing personal and professional skills through workshops about communication, LinkedIn, presenting, and more; embedding directly with a team that treats AI as a core collaborator, gaining hands-on experience using and developing intelligent systems to deliver real-world business impact.
That seems to capture.
Requirements: list:
- Currently enrolled in a university pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Information Systems (CIS), or a closely related STEM discipline.
- Must be authorized to work in the US.
- Must have a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Benefits: list:
- Paid
- Weekly Flex Hours
- Gordon Food Service Store Discount
- Employee Assistance Program
Schedule: The posting says "Our 12-week paid internship program". That's both paid and schedule. Since we already have Paid in benefits, maybe schedule is "12-week internship". Could include schedule: "12-week internship". But we already have Paid as benefit; we could still have schedule separate: "12-week internship". However the instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine schedule into About the role? But we already have About the role includes mention of 12-week paid internship program. Actually About the role already includes that sentence: "Our 12-week paid internship program offers firsthand experience..." So schedule is already covered in About the role. So we may not need a separate Schedule section. The instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Since we already have that content in About the role, we could omit Schedule section to avoid duplication. However we might still include Schedule if we want to highlight it, but that would duplicate content. Better to omit Schedule.
Pay: we have Paid in benefits; we could keep Paid as benefit. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Benefits we have. Pay is part of benefits (Paid). Could we have a Pay section? It says Paid WeeklyFlex Hours etc. The phrase "Paid" is ambiguous. Could treat as benefit. We'll keep Benefits section.
Thus final sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits.
Now produce HTML fragment.
We need to wrap each section:
About the role
...
etc. For lists:Responsibilities
- ... ...
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can have a
- items each being a sentence or bullet.
But we need to preserve the subheadings? The instruction: Use