Prox Shopping is a fast-growing grocery savings startup helping shoppers save money by making smarter grocery decisions. They are looking for a Software Engineering Intern to gain hands-on experience working across various technical areas within a startup environment, contributing to core product and technical initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to technical projects across multiple areas of the business, including product development, backend systems, infrastructure, and data workflows
- Help build and improve features across web and mobile experiences
- Support efforts to improve system reliability, performance, and scalability
- Assist with technical problem-solving across engineering priorities as the product continues to evolve
- Collaborate directly with the founder on product direction, execution, and technical decision-making
- Gain exposure to modern tools, workflows, and real-world startup engineering challenges
Requirements:
- Familiarity with software engineering fundamentals and modern development workflows
- Interest in working across a variety of technical areas, including application development, cloud systems, databases, and data-related engineering work
- Problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn quickly in a fast-moving environment
- Ability to commit 20–40 hours per week, with flexibility around school schedules
- Strong interest in software engineering and building real-world products
- Comfort learning new tools, systems, and technologies quickly
- Ability to work independently, communicate clearly, and take ownership of projects
- Interest in startup environments and building from the ground up
- Exposure to JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, SQL, React, React Native, cloud platforms, databases, scraping tools, or related engineering technologies is a plus
- Interest in mobile app development, backend systems, infrastructure, or data engineering is also a plus