Software Engineer Intern - Pokémon GO

Scopely•San Francisco, CA

3h•$49 - $54•Onsite

About The Position

Niantic’s mission is to use emerging technology to enrich our experiences as human beings in the physical world. We build products that inspire movement, exploration, and face-to-face social interaction. Niantic’s Engineering Team is seeking interns to work on advancing our real-world augmented reality (AR) games and our developer platform. You’ll grow your skills quickly while being mentored by an experienced team of server, gaming, mobile, full-stack and computer vision engineers and data scientists. Our technical challenges include data consistency across distributed systems, creating compelling gameplay for a global user base working with geo data at scale, and innovating in augmented reality. Niantic Engineering leads the advancement of augmented reality and other immersive technologies while creating engaging apps for a user base in the billions. Come empower players on a game board consisting of the entire world!

Requirements

Graduating in 2026, or 2027 with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
Previous internship experience as a software engineer.
Excellent coding, problem solving, and debugging skills.
Proven understanding of computer science fundamentals.
Knowledge of software engineering processes and tools (e.g., programming proficiency in an object-oriented language, algorithms and data structures).

Responsibilities

Design and implement new features and improvements that make a positive impact on billions of users.
Develop well-tuned code that may be included as part of our next software release.
Work closely with new and emerging technologies in the real-world AR gaming space.