Software Engineer Intern - Generalist

Arlo Technologies • Milpitas, CA

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About The Position

We are looking for a Software Engineer Intern who is curious, adaptable, and excited to learn. This is a generalist full-stack engineering role for someone who enjoys solving problems, picking up new technologies quickly, and contributing wherever needed. You’ll work on real projects across frontend, mobile applications, backend services, APIs, cloud infrastructure, automation, internal tools, and AI-powered workflows. We care less about whether you already know a specific framework and more about your ability to learn, think critically, and build useful software. We’re looking for someone who enjoys building things, takes initiative, and is comfortable stepping into unfamiliar areas when needed.

Requirements

• Pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
• Strong programming fundamentals and problem-solving skills
• Understanding of: Data structures and algorithms
• Understanding of: Object-oriented programming
• Understanding of: Basic software design principles
• Understanding of: Frontend and backend development concepts
• Familiarity with one or more programming languages such as: Python
• Familiarity with one or more programming languages such as: JavaScript or TypeScript
• Familiarity with one or more programming languages such as: Java
• Familiarity with one or more programming languages such as: Go
• Basic understanding of: HTML and CSS
• Basic understanding of: REST APIs
• Basic understanding of: SQL databases
• Basic understanding of: Client-server architecture
• Strong curiosity and willingness to learn new technologies
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Comfortable using AI tools to assist with coding, debugging, testing, learning, and documentation

Nice To Haves

• Experience building personal, academic, hackathon, or open-source projects
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Next.js
• Familiarity with backend technologies such as FastAPI, Node.js, Express, or Spring Boot
• Exposure to cloud platforms, containers, or deployment workflows
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows
• Understanding of testing fundamentals and software quality practices
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools effectively

Responsibilities

• Contribute to full-stack software projects across frontend, backend, APIs, databases, and cloud services
• Build user-facing applications, internal tools, backend services, and automation workflows
• Work with different technologies and programming languages depending on the problem being solved
• Learn new frameworks, tools, and systems quickly
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot to improve productivity and accelerate learning
• Write clean, maintainable, scalable, and testable code
• Debug issues and troubleshoot problems across systems and environments
• Test thoroughly before shipping code, including edge cases, failure scenarios, performance, and reliability considerations
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions with a strong focus on software quality and long-term maintainability
• Instrument applications with logging, analytics, metrics, and monitoring to help measure reliability, performance, and customer impact
• Monitor production systems, investigate issues, and help drive problems to resolution
• Think beyond implementation and focus on business outcomes, customer experience, performance, reliability, and operational excellence
• Take ownership of tasks and projects from design and implementation through testing, deployment, production rollout, and post-release monitoring
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, QA, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality software end-to-end
• Continuously improve engineering processes, tooling, automation, testing, and developer workflows

Benefits

• We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities, who are pregnant or have a related medical condition, or who have sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices.
• Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed