Fearless Looking for Software Engineer Intern at Baltimore, MD Full Time

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Compensation

Our Compensation System is designed to reward remarkable work, grow your impact and support the whole “you” over the course of your career.

We believe in paying people fairly, so we’ve established a compensation model aimed to ensure everyone at Fearless — regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or negotiation skills — is given equal pay for equal work.

Hourly Rate

• $18/Hr

Location

• This is a Hybrid Opportunity. Interns must be able and willing to attend the office twice a week. Our office is located in Baltimore, MD.

Employment Type

• Temporary

Role Description

Summary

Fearless’ internship program provides college students and recent graduates with real-world experience in and knowledge of the government tech industry. This 10-week program is a full-time, paid, hybrid internship that will give you not just technical skills, but a broad variety of professional skills, such as interviewing, creating resumes, and networking for job readiness.

The Software Engineer Intern will be a member of a highly organized agile team of Engineers, Testers, Designers, and subject matter experts (SMEs) on a project for a Government customer. The Software Engineer Intern will collaborate with other members of their team to understand development best practices in support of their project. You should apply for this if you’re curious about a career in software engineering / development.

Responsibilities And Contributions

• Works under the guidance of the team’s Scrum Master or Tech Lead to support project success.
• Engages with Software Engineers to understand, research, and share suggestions to improve the project’s tech stack.
• Observes and participates in customer meetings.
• Participates in agile ceremonies.

Must-Have Skills

Essential Skills, Experience, or Competencies

• Must have at least a 2.75 GPA.
• Has taken classes or majored in Mathematics, Computer Science, Programming or a related field.
• Front end development skills.
• Experience with React, Typescript, and NextJs.
• Strong communication skills.
• Passion for helping your community.
• Motivation to learn new skills.
• Ability to collaborate with others — we work in a team environment here!

Icing-on-the-Cake Skills

• Has taken classes in Web Application Development, Data Structures, and/or Algorithms.
• Experience with Express, AWS, Terraform, Next JS, and Cypress.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies.

So, what’s next?

Over the years, we’ve honed our interview process to help ensure that every team member we hire is the right fit for us and that we’re the right fit for them. If we think you’re a good fit, we’ll get in touch and start scheduling your interviews! Depending on the role’s/project’s requirements, the interview process may include some differences. At the minimum

• Introductory Interview: This is where you and your recruiter will build rapport, explore your career and educational background, discuss salary expectations, role requirements, and set expectations for the interview process, specific to the position of interest.
• Technical Interview (Skills Fit): This is where we get into the nitty gritty of the project. During the Technical Interview, you’ll be interviewed by the technical team to dig more into your background and technical capabilities.
• Business Interview: At this point, you’ve made it to the final frontier! The Business Interview is when you’ll meet with Fearless leadership to dot the i’s, cross the t’s, and determine whether or not we’ll be moving forward with the hiring process.

About Fearless Digital

Fearless Digital builds software with a soul. As a division inside Fearless, we’re part of its digital services integrator model to unlock the power of organizations, people and tech. Our division designs, engineers, and delivers digital solutions to solve problems and drive impact. Using iterative development cycles, we minimize risk for our customers and efficiently deliver intuitive and responsive technology. In this way, we help set the stage for tech to work better for people. That’s not our only goal, though. We also strive to create a purple culture that makes our team members excited to come to work every day. We take a holistic approach to our people’s well-being, and our culture and benefits are designed to support our people in working the way they like best. We encourage our people to pursue their passions, both in and out of the office. With flexible schedules, continuing education support, and a family-friendly work environment, we’ve created a culture that allows our team to thrive professionally and personally.

Fearless believes in equal opportunity employment. We won’t discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, gender, nationality, age, religion, disability, military status, or sexual orientation. As a company and as individuals, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for our team, our family members, our clients, our subcontractors, and our vendors.

Fearless Digital Benefits

Benefits Eligibility:

• Full-time team members are eligible for benefits upon beginning employment at Fearless
• Part-time team members are only eligible for 8.75 days of safe & sick leave
• Interns and 1099 team members are not eligible for Fearless benefits

Our people make us who we are. We believe that every member of the Fearless team has something to share, and we value the unique viewpoint you’ll bring to our community. But we value your community, too, so we offer fulfilling work that stays in balance with the rest of life. Because everyone has different needs, desires, and goals, our benefits offer the choices and flexibility that our team members need to live well and succeed. Here are a few highlights of our benefits package, for full-time team members, exclusively:

• Life-friendly schedules
• Family-friendly workplace
• We cover 100% of your premium for our medical HSA plan + the deductible portion of HSA contributions, 80% of your premium for our HMO or PPO plans, and offer competitive dependent coverage. We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents and offer medical and dependent care FSA options. We also offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and legal planning and support insurance.
• Tech, education / training, and wellness allowances
• Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions (current match = 4%) and immediate vesting
• Referral bonus: Bring your friends! If someone you refer is hired, you’ll get a bonus of $6–12k!
• Total Pet Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Up 12 weeks of FMLA paid at 100%
• PTO is provided to team members as a lump sum allowance, not an accrual. PTO is prorated based on your start date (see table below) on a quarterly basis (with tenure-based increases), 8.75 days of sick leave, 11 federal holidays, their birthday (8 hours), up to 15 days for jury duty, and up to 3 days (24 hours) of bereavement leave per eligible instance.

Start Date PTO Allocation Allocation Timing Jan 1 – March 31 100% January April 1 – June 30 75% April July 1 – Sept 30 50% July Oct 1 – Dec 31 25% October