Software Engineering Intern (Full Stack)

Urban Legend • Alexandria, VA

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About The Position

We’re looking for a Software Engineering Intern who’s eager to learn, curious, and ready to contribute across the stack. This role starts with a 3-month internship focused on learning our product, supporting the engineering team, and completing real engineering tasks. If successful, it transitions into a full-time Junior Full Stack Engineer role. You’ll handle a mix of tech support, light engineering tasks, bug fixes, and eventually contribute to larger features as you grow. We’re a small, fast-moving team — so you’ll get exposure to product, backend, frontend, mobile, and internal tooling. You don’t need to know everything on day one. But you do need to be hungry, a self-starter, and able to figure things out. ABOUT URBAN LEGEND: Urban Legend is a tech startup that’s redefining influencer marketing for public affairs and advocacy campaigns. The Urban Legend Exchange is an invite-only platform where advertisers run campaigns that mobilize creators to drive meaningful and measurable actions in support of issues that matter.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of JavaScript
• Experience with at least one backend language (Python preferred but not required)
• Basic understanding of APIs, HTTP, and how web apps work
• Git
• Ability to read documentation and troubleshoot independently
• Some experience with a modern frontend or backend framework (React, Django, Node, Flask, Rails, etc.)
• Strong work ethic and desire to improve
• Self-starter, resourceful, and comfortable figuring things out
• Clear communicator — asks good questions, explains blockers
• Not afraid of ambiguity or learning new technologies
• Wants to contribute real value, not just observe
• Genuinely interested in becoming a full-stack engineer

Responsibilities

• Learn the Urban Legend platform inside and out
• Help monitor and respond to internal tech support requests in Slack
• Fix small bugs and contribute to low-risk features early on
• Support engineering with simple backend or frontend tasks
• Write clean, maintainable code under senior guidance
• Participate in code reviews (at a junior level — learning-focused)
• Work with the Product Design Lead to understand feature requirements
• Ask questions, take notes, and gain speed without constant handholding
• Gradually take on more complex work in React, React Native, and Django

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed