Internship (Summer 2022)
Description
FlightAware has built the world’s leading aviation software platform, processing over 180 million incoming messages an hour from over 30,000 feeds—over 150 gigabytes a day and growing—to provide the best, most complete, and most accurate real-time flight tracking services in the industry. We are proud to have built a wide variety of successful products on this foundation that have become central to the aviation industry at large.
Regardless of role, we expect excellent interpersonal and communication skills across all hires at FlightAware. We look for candidates who will thrive here, meaning they demonstrate clear communication, embrace open feedback, trust their colleagues, and are driven to execute, deliver, and complete projects independently and efficiently. We attract engineers with a passion for aviation and data.
As a FlightAware intern, you’ll be a full team member within a highly collaborative, ambitious, and future-reaching organization. You’ll attend daily standup meetings, have regular one-on-one check-ins, and even get to participate in our annual summer hackathon. Our engineering group champions intellectual curiosity, openness, and industry-leading technical innovation. We invest in building excellent internal tooling and engineering support in order to create a productive and highly effective team that anticipates the future and leads by example. You’ll get to learn alongside talented engineers and you’ll receive mentorship and guidance during your internship.
This is a pooled posting for consideration between various teams within the organization. Potential teams include Web, Backend, ADS-B, Desktop, Systems, Flight Tracking, Predictive Technology, and Mobile (iOS).
You will be matched to one team toward the end of the process or sometimes before starting. We will dig into appropriate team fit during the interview process based on your background, interests, and skillset.
This is a full-time internship. Our team is headquartered in Houston, Texas, but we work as a distributed team and accept remote applicants.
Requirements
Requirements:
- You’re currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program in computer science or another technical field and ideally will be graduating in Fall/Winter 2022 or Spring 2023.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
- An obsession with writing elegant, high-quality, well-tested code.
Nice to have:
- Strong interest in and deep knowledge of programming languages, including functional languages.
- You are either a private pilot, looking to pursue your private pilot license, or an aviation enthusiast
Responsibilities
- Actual internship responsibilities will depend upon final team placement.
Work Location
- Remote (work from home)
- Applicants must live in the United States
- Must have current work authorization for any employer in the US and not require sponsorship now or in the future
Compensation
- This is a paid, full-time internship for Summer 2022.
Additional Application Instructions
How do I know which team I might want to work on?
Our Engineering blog (https://flightaware.engineering/) has posts from almost every team within FlightAware and gives a glimpse at the type of work each team does. Some examples include: If you run Linux on your computer at home, you might be interested in Desktop or Systems. If you’ve done some machine learning work, you might be interested in Predictive Technology.
When submitting your application, please include a comment indicating your area(s) of interest. This will help us determine potential team fit.