2027 Summer Intern: Software Engineer

At a Glance

• You're a motivated student with a current 3.0 GPA or higher seeking a currently pursuing a degree in one of the following areas from an accredited college or university:
• Computer Science,Computer Information Systems
• This is a paid, full-time, 11-week internship designed to give you real-world experience and meaningful exposure to the telecommunications industry in your chosen field.
• Internship program runs from May 26 through August 6, 2027.
• In addition to role-specific projects, you'll take part in professional development sessions, networking opportunities, mentorship, and experiences that help you grow personally and professionally.

The Spectrum Internship Experience
As part ofAmerica's Connectivity Company, you'll join a team that serves millions of customers and communities nationwide, while gaining valuable insight into the work that powers connection every day.

Throughout the summer, you'll contribute to meaningful work, strengthen your skills and have opportunities to:

• Grow your skills in a dynamic, innovative business environment.
• Build connections with team members and senior leaders who can help you better understand our business and what it's like to work here.
• Learn from a mentor who can provide guidance, support, and career advice.

What you can expect in this role

As a Spectrum intern, you'll spend the summer working alongside two teams: your respective department and your intern cohort.

Department and team-focused projects account for about 80% of your schedule. You'll spend the other 20% on internship experiences that include a kickoff conference, professional development sessions and networking activities, webinars, community service, cross-functional projects, and final presentations.

This experience is designed to help you explore your interests, expand your network, and leave with a deeper understanding of both your field and the impact of our business.

Internship responsibilities may include:

A suite of testing, client analytic and engineering support tools to help identify, diagnose and resolve impacting issues that affect our stakeholders

Supporting our development teams with building new features and/or fixing bugs across our applications

Required qualifications

• Must be a rising senior with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and May 2028
• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited College or University completing a bachelor's degree
• Must have at least a 3.0 GPA or greater in current program
• Ability to travel locally to Spectrum intern development events and activities throughout the program
• Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions or need for future sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

An intern software engineer should build a strong foundation in technical fundamentals, including proficiency in version control with Git (branching, pull requests, and merge workflows), the ability to read and navigate unfamiliar codebases, and solid working knowledge of data structures and algorithms.

They should develop competence in at least two programming languages; JavaScript and Python are ideal choices, as JavaScript covers frontend and full-stack web development (DOM manipulation, async/await, frameworks like React) while Python provides versatility across backend development, scripting, data processing, and automation.

Debugging and troubleshooting skills are essential, including reading stack traces, using breakpoints, and systematically isolating issues rather than guessing.

Beyond writing code, an intern should understand software engineering practices: writing and running unit and integration tests, participating in code reviews (both giving and receiving constructive feedback), working within CI/CD pipelines, and following the existing patterns and conventions of the codebase they join.

Documentation matters too; writing clear code comments, maintaining READMEs, and producing concise design notes that help teammates understand decisions. Communication and collaboration are just as important as technical ability.

This means asking clear, well-scoped questions that show what you already tried, breaking ambiguous tasks into concrete steps, communicating blockers early rather than spinning in silence, and contributing meaningfully to standups, retrospectives, and planning sessions.

On the tools and workflow side, an intern should be comfortable with their IDE, the command line, package managers (npm for JavaScript, pip/uv for Python), HTTP and REST APIs, basic SQL and database concepts, and container fundamentals like Docker.

The most important meta-skill is learning how to learn reading documentation, experimenting in small increments, tracing program behavior through logs and debuggers, and knowing when to escalate versus when to push through independently.