Summer Intern Software Engineering, CloudOps

The Washington Post • Washington, DC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Washington Post is on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America and is looking for individuals to help reinvent news through innovation. The CloudOps team is crucial in building and operating technology, enabling engineers to deliver high-performing, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions that support millions of readers and sustain the business. The team supports individuals who are curious, eager to learn, enjoy working with others, and take a customer-first approach. They value flexibility, an open mindset, sharing ideas, learning from different perspectives, and holding opinions lightly.

Requirements

• Foundational knowledge of computer science concepts such as data structures, algorithms, and basic system design, gained through coursework, projects, or internships.
• Experience with one or more programming languages or tools (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Ruby, SQL), with the ability to quickly learn new languages and frameworks as needed.
• Familiarity with software development best practices, including version control (Git/GitHub), code reviews, and writing maintainable, well-documented code.
• Exposure to cloud platforms or infrastructure concepts (such as AWS, Azure, or GCP), including services like compute, storage, networking, or identity and access management.
• Understanding of containerization or CI/CD concepts (e.g., Docker, build pipelines, automated testing), or a strong interest in learning them.
• Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases, or a solid grasp of how data is stored, queried, and managed.
• Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, and a willingness to dig into unfamiliar systems to understand how they work.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and stakeholders, communicate ideas clearly, and incorporate feedback.
• Strong time-management skills and adaptability in a fast-paced, iterative engineering environment.
• Interest in building reliable, secure, and cost-efficient systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Help improve how engineers across the organization build, operate, and scale cloud-based systems.
• Contribute to efforts that enhance developer workflows, increase visibility into system performance, enable automation, strengthen security, and promote cost-efficient use of cloud resources.
• Gain hands-on experience with modern cloud and DevOps tooling such as Docker, AWS CDK and CloudFormation, Datadog, GitHub, Jenkins, CopePipelines, ECS, and load balancers.
• Contribute production code.
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews.
• Learn how to build and operate services in a modern, distributed environment.
• Emphasize mentorship, collaboration, and engineering best practices to help interns grow and make a meaningful impact.

What This Job Offers

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