Software Engineer, Intern
Department: Technology
Location: Denver Office
Compensation: $80K – $100K
Employment Type: FullTime
About Compa
Compa is a venture-backed AI startup revolutionizing the future of compensation.
In a dynamic job market with hiring challenges, accountability, and the rise of AI, companies need the best data to stay ahead of industry changes, competition, and costs. Compa has developed the premier real-time compensation data platform, delivering top-tier compensation intelligence to leading enterprise teams.
Compa is a compensation intelligence company built to augment enterprise compensation teams in the era of AI.
Our customers include the world’s biggest companies: NVIDIA, Stripe, DoorDash, Open AI, TMobile, Moderna, Workday, Ulta, Target, and more.
Locations:
Compa headquarters are located in Irvine, California, with growing sites in Denver, Colorado and San Francisco, California. We’re a collaborative, curious, and driven team that values transparency, ownership, and continuous learning and prioritizing in person work where possible.
At Compa, we’re building the future of enterprise compensation. Our platform helps the world’s largest companies make smarter, fairer, and more transparent pay decisions—powered by live data and thoughtful design.
As a Software Engineer Intern, you’ll work on projects that contribute to the products, systems, and infrastructure that power Compa’s platform. You’ll work across the stack, collaborate closely with product and design, and contribute to features that directly impact enterprise customers. You’ll be paired with a Software Engineer on one of our teams who will help guide you through your project.
In this role, you will:
Ship production-grade software across Compa’s web app and backend systems
Build new features and improve existing workflows in collaboration with Product and Design
Write clean, scalable code and contribute to system architecture decisions
Participate in code reviews, team rituals, and roadmap discussions
Solve real problems for enterprise compensation teams—from data pipelines to user experience
Minimum Qualifications
Completion of data structures and algorithms courses
Experience building software in group projects as part of your coursework or side projects
Comfortable working across the stack or specializing in either frontend or backend
Proven ability to work autonomously and follow through on commitments
Pragmatic and thoughtful about trade-offs—focus on outcomes over tools
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Tech Stack
You don’t need experience with all of these, but familiarity with any is a plus:
Backend: Django, Python
Frontend: React, TypeScript, GraphQL
Infrastructure: AWS
Other Tools: vLLM, Linear, Slack, Notion, Metabase
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