Engineering Intern

At Metalab, we design, build, and ship some of the world’s most beloved products. Our clients include Slack, Uber, Coinbase, Atoms, and, most recently, Suno, an AI music creator. Founders at early-stage startups hire us to help build businesses from scratch. Leaders at global enterprises hire us to explore new technologies and launch new products. 

If you’re passionate about high-quality products and working with talented cross-functional teams, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. Join us and be part of delivering some of the world’s most interesting and impactful products and services.

The four-month internship at Metalab embeds new engineers into real project work with real project teams. This role offers a rare opportunity for engineers with no previous work experience to learn and grow with the support of an experienced product development team. Interns become immersed in the product and software development industry and can take influence and inspiration from everyone they work alongside.

Our Interns are passionate, novice engineers who are developing their craft and curious to understand more about how software engineering is applied during product development in real work scenarios.

What you’ll do: 

As an Intern, your focus is entirely on individual growth. Every Intern brings a unique skill set and level of experience, so your day-to-day work will reflect what you hope to learn, the skills you want to develop, and the project you are working on.

Every Intern should expect to experience these milestones:

• Product Development Process – Working alongside a project team on various stages of the product development process, with the opportunity to engage in different phases based on project needs

• Cross Discipline Collaboration – Remotely collaborating with your project team across different disciplines: Product, Design, Engineering and QA on developing features, peer reviewing other team member’s code submissions, and contributing to product discussions
• Communication and Presentation – Attending regular meetings with different stakeholders and team members to participate in presenting or demoing weekly updates on delivery and work
• Feedback and Revisions – Regularly sharing your work with your project team, speaking to your development decisions, and incorporating feedback into revisions

Requirements:

• An early understanding of development principles and modern best practices in both frontend and backend development including familiarity with Typescript, React.js, Nest.js, and GraphQL
• Familiarity with AWS cloud services is a nice to have
• Ability to apply engineering principles to solve complex problems through sound and creative engineering
• Quickly learns new engineering methods and incorporates them into work processes 
• Demonstrates skill in time management and completing software projects in a cooperative team environment
• Interest in staying ahead of best practices, developments, and trends in web and mobile development
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to proactively ask for help and identify where support is needed throughout the project
• Motivated by feedback and by the opportunity to improve in your role, in the work, and in how you work on a team
• Believes in teamwork and positive collaboration with others
• Genuine curiosity about the pace and variety of agency work
• Passionate about building great high-quality products
• Must be a full-time student at an ACE-WIL accredited institution

Location: Vancouver, BC or Victoria, BC

Location Type: Hybrid (3 days/week in office)

Cohort: Wednesday, Jan 8th, 2025 to Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

Hours: 32 hours/week 

Compensation: CAD 25/hour

Department: Engineering

Application Deadline: January 2nd at 5pm

Equal opportunity employer

Research shows that women and other marginalized groups tend to only apply for a job when they meet every single criterion. Does this role sound like it was made for you, yet you don’t check every box? Reach out anyway!  We’re an equal opportunity employer and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for employees from all walks of life.  We hire based on talent, and we’re proud of our global perspective.

This position is part of DigiBC’s Work Placement Pilot Program, which supports post-secondary students by providing experiential learning opportunities in animation, video, games, visual effects, and XR. As a part of this program, participating students will benefit from customized orientation workshops, e-learning resources, mentoring support, and the opportunity to start building their own professional network in the creative technology industry. This position is open to students who are Canadian Citizens, Permanent Residents, or Protected Person as defined by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.