Internship: Search Interface Intern (Software Engineer)

About The Internship:

Unite Us is looking for a Summer 2023 Software Engineering Intern to join our growing tech startup that is transforming health and social services. The search service we provide allows users to quickly find the “best match” of available programs for people in need.

As an intern on the Search Interface team you will be responsible for matching social support resources with clients needing those resources. You will gain experience working with React, design specifications, and user interface components.

Our 8-week summer internship class runs from June 5, 2023 - July 28, 2023.

What You'll Do:

• Work with the help of a senior software engineer on our modern social care application
• Make changes to our search UI components and workflows
• Make and improve accessibility cues to elements for visually-impaired and other disabled users using WCAG standards
• Contribute to GIT repositories by making and reviewing pull requests
• Monitor live web-applications and development environments using real-time data-analytics tools

You're a great fit for this Internship if:

• You are a final year undergraduate/graduate student pursuing a Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or other related field
• You have familiarity with Javascript, html, CSS or ability to query a search index
• You have web development experience
• You have familiarity with React, Javascript, and/or CSS
• You have an interest in front-end development
• You want to help a mission driven company provide a platform for social care and community based organizations

Our Mission:

Unite Us’ mission is to unlock the potential of every community. Our co-founders started Unite Us in 2013 to serve the people they served with. They witnessed firsthand the barriers and inefficiencies in trying to navigate health and social services, and set out to improve that experience for veterans and their families. Unite Us quickly expanded to serving all people who need connections to care across our country. Through Unite Us’ national network and software, community-based organizations, government agencies, and healthcare organizations are all connected to better collaborate to meet the needs of the individuals in their communities. We drive the collaboration to predict, deliver, and pay for services that impact whole-person health. If you want to do well and do good, join Unite Us.

Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions:

• This position is remote, U.S. based
• This internship is $22.50/hour for 35 hours per week
•  Our 8-week summer internship class runs from June 5, 2023 - July 28, 2023

#LI-REMOTE