Software Engineer Intern - Summer 2024

Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you so you can belong. Our purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.

Neighbors around the world turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, get things done, and build real-world connections with those nearby — neighbors, businesses, and public services. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor in more than 305,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.

As an Engineering Intern at Nextdoor, you’ll join a focused team of developers, product managers, and designers who are passionate about using technology to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighbor they can rely on. We are a small team of engineers that wear multiple hats and work across different languages and services to deliver value to our members. We care about moving fast and delivering impact, without compromising on quality and reliability. You will have the opportunity to learn from your co-workers and teach them. As a team, we will make each other better and build great software.

At Nextdoor, we offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment experience, providing a flexible experience for our valued employees.

We empower our teams to own all aspects of bringing Nextdoor to life. As such, you’ll get the opportunity to make key contributions across our engineering stack and solve real world problems with our engineering teams. Our interns dive in quickly, pushing code to production in their first 1-2 weeks.

In addition to writing code, you’ll have the opportunity to help define the features that we build through internal collaboration and incorporating customer feedback. You’ll also work with product managers and designers to ensure products are easily usable, benefit our customers, and align with the Nextdoor platform experience. We believe engineers have a stake in all aspects of product development — from conception, to planning and roadmap building, shipping, and measuring performance that informs future iterations of those services.

You’ll own a project and work as a part of our engineering team to implement full features from ideation through launch. In addition to working directly with your engineering team and manager, you’ll be paired with a mentor who is aligned with your skillset (Mobile - Android or iOS; Web front-end; Python/Go backend infrastructure, etc.) to make sure you learn and contribute as much as possible during your time with us. 

Our paid internships are typically 12 weeks, based out of our office in San Francisco, though given COVID-19 concerns, we have held these 100% virtually in 2020 and 2021 with a hybrid option in 2022.

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Participate in in-person Nextdoor events, trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and other team building exercises
• Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to the KIND culture that Nextdoor values

• Currently pursuing an education in a technical discipline 
• Fundamental understanding of data structures and algorithms
• An understanding of programming principles, with an appetite to learn more!
• A willingness to communicate and collaborate — we want to hear your ideas!
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a fast-paced startup environment
• Desire to learn about new technologies and systems
• Capable of managing your time well 
• Experience with software design and development
• Passion for the Nextdoor’s mission and purpose

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the customers we seek to serve. We encourage everyone interested in our purpose to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For information about our collection and use of applicants’ personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here.