Software Development Intern

At Element Biosciences, we are passionate about our mission to develop high performing products to study genomics with unprecedented flexibility and quality that enable researchers to better understand biology for the improvement of global health. We have built a highly efficient product-driven organization where employees can learn, grow, and thrive in a challenging but encouraging environment. We are committed to scientific integrity, collegiality, honesty, objectivity, and openness.

As a Software Development Intern, you’ll focus on streamlining the workflow between the commercial and software operations departments by automating manual tasks to support Elements rapidly increasing commercial scale.

We are looking for individuals who are curious, love to learn and want to make an impact on some cutting-edge projects for our Summer 2025 Internships. Our program has multiple elements (no pun intended) to ensure that you have a well-rounded summer to help identify your strengths and work on areas of development, to an Executive Series where you get to meet our Leadership team and ask them questions about their careers, about the products or anything else which interests you. And, finally, you get to work on a project which will actually be rolled into the product roadmap.

This role will report to the Sr Staff Engineer, Product Owner and will be a San Diego based role.

If you possess the following and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to explore this role.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and commercial teams to understand software requirements and implement the software
• Design and implement automated integration points, including instrument assignment, permissions management, and account setup between commercial and product software, including unit and integration tests to validate functionality, performance, and reliability of software.
• Automate manual tasks to reduce time-consuming and repetitive work saving > 15 FTE hours/week and enabling a greater commercial scale-up
• Enhance data synchronization and communication between commercial and software operations APIs, focusing on reliability and scaling up
• Design and implement integration tests
• Implement UI for commercial staff to interact with internal software APIs
• Develop work instructions for customer support to troubleshoots integration points
• Provide training resources, diagrams, and software documentation for process adoption
• Participate in Agile/Scrum activities, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospective meetings

What You’ll Gain:

• Hands-on experience collaborating in a software team and experience with modern software frameworks
• Insight into the software development and testing process in a professional setting
• Exposure to Agile methodologies and collaborative team practices
• Mentorship from experienced product and software professionals
• Opportunities to contribute to meaningful projects impacting commercial success

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Programming, CS, Bio engineering or related field
• Good working knowledge of programming languages and frameworks (Go (preferred), Python, Typescript, React) and passion for software development and automation
• Hands on experience writing gRPC (preferred) or REST APIs
• Exposure to databases, Mongo, Postgres or similar
• Understanding of cloud service development (AWS preferred)
• Understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
• Strong problem-solving skills and a keen attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Physical Requirements:

• Frequently moves boxes weighing up to 20 pounds

Location:

• San Diego - onsite

Travel: 

• N/A

Job Type:

• Intern/Non-exempt

Base Compensation Pay Range:

• $25 - 40/hr

Please note: Compensation will depend on multiple factors, including degree and experience level. 

We foster an environment such that all people are afforded the freedom to pursue their passions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.