Software Engineering Intern

About the role

At Central, an internship is more than completing busy work. Interns contribute to technology products that support our customers and business while building the engineering skills, judgment, and confidence needed to begin their careers. The program offers immersive, meaningful work, regular feedback, and support from experienced teammates, with exposure across the organization and opportunities to understand how technology improves business operations.

Responsibilities

• Use and learn applicable programming language(s) and write code.
• Learn and use the team’s standard development, source control, testing, collaboration, and delivery tools.
• Implement functionality on top of existing patterns and approaches.
• Work as part of a software engineering product team, participate in pairing and code reviews, and apply coaching and feedback from experienced engineers.
• Build an understanding of the product, its users, the customer or business problem it solves, and the team’s role in Central’s value chain.
• Use AI‑assisted development tools under team guidance to explore code, tests, documentation, and design options; verify the output and never treat generated content as automatically correct.
• Learn how delivered software behaves after release and how reliability, security, accessibility, maintainability, and data protection influence engineering decisions.
• Complete a summer‑long project and present the results to executive leaders.

Ideal candidate

• Motivated to accomplish big things while demonstrating the utmost level of integrity.
• Curious and willing to seek context, ask thoughtful questions, try new tools and approaches, and act on feedback.
• Interested in understanding problems, analyzing information, and offering ideas while remaining open to coaching.
• Engaged in open communication to share a vision and build meaningful relationships.
• Committed to learning the craft, producing careful work, and improving when challenges or mistakes occur.

Application details

• Applications accepted through January 2027, or until all positions are filled.
• Interviews and offers are conducted and extended on a rolling basis.
• Internship dates: May – August 2027, aligning with summer break.
• Candidates are encouraged to apply early; the posting will close once all internship positions are filled.

Work authorization

Central will only employ individuals who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not provide sponsorship. Applicants with temporary visas (E, F‑1 including OPT or CPT, H‑1, H‑2, L‑1, B, J, or TN) or who require future sponsorship are not eligible for hire.