# Software Engineer Intern - Backend Focused

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 0+ years
**Skills:** Python, Backend Development, Software Engineering, Cross-Functional Communication, Problem Solving
**Posted:** 2026-05-13

> Engineering intern role focused on backend development. Interns work on impactful projects, receive mentorship, and gain full-time engineer experience during a 13-week program.

## Job Description

## What you will do
- Utilize your software engineering experience to tackle important projects, solving problems, and developing quality code
- Think critically and apply your knowledge to real world, complex problems
- Actively participate in team meetings to scope, drive, and progress your projects
- Learn about the business, our clients' needs, and the impact of your team and related projects
- Attend Meet & Greets with various executives and teams to gain a holistic view of what it takes to run a company like Rippling
- Foster relationships with your intern cohort and teams through both exclusive internship social events and company/office-wide events

## What you will need
- Previous internship/Co-op experience in software engineering utilizing Python
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or in a related field graduating after the internship's completion
- Excellent communication skills to work cross functionally and across departments
- Solid programming skills with an emphasis on backend experience and knowledge
- Ability to adapt and ask action-oriented questions to progress
- Passion and drive to constantly learn and develop your engineering skills

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