# Software Engineering Intern

**Company:** [Fooji, Inc.](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/f15Nnt7RZU7GFnBAXiV9PA.md)
**Location:** Lexington, United States
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Part-time
**Department:** Engineering

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## Description

### **About Fooji**

Fooji is a marketing engagement platform that powers promotional campaigns and gift/prize fulfillment for brands. Our engineering team builds and maintains backend infrastructure, third-party integrations, and APIs that support high-traffic consumer campaigns — from messaging and identity verification to logistics and creator/influencer tooling.

### **About the Role**

We're looking for a motivated tech intern to join our engineering team for the Fall semester. You'll work directly with our engineering team on real, production-facing features — not busywork. Recent projects on the team have included creator search infrastructure, AWS messaging systems (SMS/MMS/RCS), API integrations with third-party enrichment platforms, and backend data pipelines.

This role is a great fit for a student who wants hands-on experience with modern cloud infrastructure, API design, and AI-assisted software development in a fast-moving startup environment.

### **What You'll Do**

-   Assist in building and testing backend services in Node.js/TypeScript
-   Work with AWS services (Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS/PostgreSQL, EventBridge, SNS, and others) under senior engineer guidance
-   Help integrate and test third-party APIs (webhook-based enrichment services, messaging platforms, identity verification, shipping/logistics)
-   Write and troubleshoot SQL queries against PostgreSQL databases
-   Participate in code review and contribute to our engineering documentation and internal tooling
-   Use AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, or similar) as part of your daily workflow — we're an AI-forward team and expect interns to be comfortable pairing with these tools

## Requirements

### **Qualifications**

-   Currently enrolled full-time or within 2 years of graduation
-   Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
-   GPA of 3.5 or higher
-   Hands-on experience with an AI coding assistant (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) — comfortable using these tools to accelerate development, not just for autocomplete
-   Some coursework or project experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, or general backend development
-   Familiarity with Git/GitHub
-   Able to work Eastern Time Zone business hours
-   Strong communication skills and comfort asking questions — we move fast and value people who speak up when something's unclear

### **Nice to Have (not required)**

-   Exposure to AWS or another cloud provider
-   Coursework involving APIs, databases, or distributed systems
-   Personal projects, hackathon experience, or open-source contributions

## Benefits

### **Why Intern at Fooji**

-   Direct mentorship from engineers working on production systems used by major brands
-   Exposure to real cloud architecture decisions, not toy projects
-   A team culture that treats AI tools as a core part of the craft, not a shortcut to avoid learning
-   Potential path to future opportunities based on performance