Software Engineering Intern

Are you a passionate innovator looking to harness the power of technology to do more good? You've come to the right place. NGP VAN, together with ActionKit and Mobilize, delivers leading technology to Democratic and progressive campaigns as well as nonprofits.
Our parent company, Bonterra, was formed by bringing together leading solutions from CyberGrants, EveryAction, Network for Good, Social Solutions and their respective entities to form the second-largest and fastest-growing social good software company in the world. This collaboration will help NGP VAN accelerate enhancements in our platforms and continue to drive our top three areas of focus: reinforcing the core, committing to innovation, and helping lead in the Democratic ecosystem.
Boston, MA, Washington, DC, or Remote, US
Do you have a passion for creating modern and compelling applications with simple, readable and elegant code?
Do you want to work on products that help make the world a better place?
Do you want to do all of those things while learning a lot and having a ton of fun over the summer?
If so, this is your opportunity to work on industry-leading applications and use the latest web technology while doing it. Some things we work with: React, C# ASP.NET, Elasticsearch, and Node.
If this listing looks a lot like our full-time software engineer job description, that's no accident. While we acknowledge they have less experience, we expect our interns to be shipping real code by the end of the summer.
Responsibilities

• Design good systems
• Write good code
• Ship working software
• Learn about real-world software development

What We're Looking For
You don't have to fit all of these bullets, but if you don't fit any of them this is probably not the right job for you:

• Experience working with web applications
• Expereience with an object-oriented language
• JavaScript skills - React / Angular experience is great
• Great communication skills

Compensation
Our internships pay $25 per hour and last 10 weeks (at 40 hours per week).
Our Culture:
Our team is made up of industry experts and advocates who are 100% committed to supporting the doers of social good. We are currently undergoing an effort to create the vision and values that embody our collective organization and embrace the individuals who make up our community.
Some of our comprehensive and competitive benefits include:

• Generous PTO policy
• Equity for ALL regular, full-time employees from individual contributors to management - share in our success!
• Up to 15 paid company holidays including some commemorating social justice events and self-care
• Paid volunteer time
• Resources for savings and investments
• Paid parental leave
• Health, vision, dental, and life insurance with additional access to health and wellness programs.
• Opportunities to learn, develop, network, and connect
• When we can-company-sponsored events and swag!!

We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer and evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, diversity of thought and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.