Posting Date : 2/7/2018

Job# : 1186297

Employment Type : Intern/Co-op

Category : Product Engineering

Job Title : Intern - Software Engineer

Location : Portland, OR

NWEA has a new opportunity open for a Software Engineer Intern. NWEA uses cutting edge web technologies to deliver meaningful assessments to students resulting in high quality data. The data is then organized into high quality reports that allow instructors to better teach their students.

Founded by educators nearly 40 years ago, NWEA™ is a global not-for-profit educational services organization known for our flagship interim assessment, Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®). More than 7,400 partners in U.S. schools, districts, education agencies, and international schools trust us to offer pre-kindergarten through grade 12 assessments that accurately measure student growth and learning needs, professional development that fosters educators' ability to accelerate student learning, and research that supports assessment validity and data interpretation. To better inform instruction and maximize every learner's academic growth, educators currently use NWEA assessments and items with nearly 10 million students. Our research-based core lets us do what's driven us from the beginning: give educators tools proven to help them make a difference. We are searching for talented individuals who desire to make a difference in education by demonstrating a commitment to our mission: Partnering to help all kids learn®.

Position Summary:
The Software Engineer Intern role is an opportunity to learn from and contribute to working software used by millions of students. Guidance, collaboration, and oversight will be provided by appropriate manager(s) and more senior level Software Engineers. This role is expected to be able to contribute working code in a team environment when provided design, detailed outlines and specifications. The Software Engineer Intern role helps ensure that the software they produce meets the requirements/ specifications, testing/QA requirements, methodologies and other NWEA software/ product requirements.

Responsibilities:
•Work in a small development team to write new software features
•Learn how to verify that constructed software meets design specifications (unit test)
•Work with quality assurance engineers, senior developers, and architects to resolve software defects
•Receive mentoring on software design, construction and development methodologies
•Learn and perform code review of constructed software deliverables
•Work with senior developers and architects to prove the validity of new software technologies
•Learn and apply NWEA's software development methodology
•Perform other duties as assigned to ensure the success of the team and the entire organization

Skills and Abilities:
•Understanding of one or more programming languages
•Demonstrated ability to follow through with assigned tasks
•Ability to communicate and work effectively within set priorities
•Ability to understand and solve complex problems
•Must be able to perform the physical and intellectual requirements of the role, with or without accommodation

Education and Experience:
•Currently studying or have completed Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field

NWEA is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and we do not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status or consideration protected by local, state and federal laws, except where a bona fide occupational qualification applies. Equal opportunity applies to hiring, promotion, training, compensation, and any other organizational action. NWEA's written Affirmative Action Plan is available to all employees and job applicants upon request