Software Engineering Intern (Edge) – Summer 2027

Sage•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Sage is on a mission to improve care and quality of life for older adults, starting with those residing in senior living facilities. Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death among adults over 65. And yet, fall prevention and emergency response systems for older adults are archaic and ineffective. At Sage we've built a more modern way of understanding when older adults need help, including methods for residents to alert caregivers when in need of help, and corresponding software for caregivers to triage response. Our company mission is to create a product that our client counterparts love, and this role is a key part of that objective. Sage is a small, tight team of ambitious, multi-disciplinary entrepreneurs. We are a software-enabled, mission-driven company, and are focused only on the problems that are central to achieving that mission. At Sage, we work hard and fast but also know that to build a truly important company, we need to treat our work as a marathon, and not a sprint. The journey matters. As a Software Engineering Intern on the Edge team, you will work at the boundary between physical systems installed in senior living communities and the cloud infrastructure that powers the Sage platform. Our edge fleet includes thousands of deployed devices: gateways, sensors, pendants and more that must run reliably in buildings we don't control, on networks we don't manage, for residents who depend on them in emergencies. This internship runs Monday, June 7, 2027 to Friday, August 13, 2027. You will ship production code during your internship. You'll be paired with a senior engineer as your mentor, embed on the team, and present your work to the engineering organization at the end of the summer. Projects may include such work as fleet diagnostic tooling, device telemetry pipelines, or automation that replaces manual operational work.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
Solid programming fundamentals in Java, Python, or another object-oriented language, with willingness to work in Java
Familiarity with Linux and comfort in a terminal
Curiosity about how software meets hardware: networking, radios, embedded systems, or IoT (coursework and personal projects count)
Bias toward tinkering: you've taken something apart, built something scrappy, or debugged something the hard way
Clear communication and eagerness to ask questions

Nice To Haves

Coursework or projects in embedded systems, networking, or RF communication
Experience with AWS or any cloud platform
A personal project involving a Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or home automation
Interest in healthcare technology or building for underserved users

Responsibilities

Design, build, and ship a summer project that solves a real problem for the Edge team, with guidance from your mentor
Write backend services in Java that interact with a fleet of thousands of on-premise devices
Work with Linux-based edge devices: flashing, configuring, debugging, and learning how software behaves when the network is unreliable
Build tooling that improves fleet observability and helps the team remotely diagnose hardware and connectivity issues
Participate in code reviews and design discussions alongside the full engineering team
Learn how a production IoT system spanning LoRaWAN, BLE, and cloud services actually operates at scale