Co-op Software Engineer, Backend

Dialpad is the leading AI-powered customer communications platform, transforming how businesses communicate with their customers. They are seeking a Co-op Software Engineer to gain real-world experience in software engineering, where you'll build customer-impacting functionality into backend services and design scalable backends. This role offers hands-on experience, mentorship, and the chance to contribute to impactful projects within a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Build customer-impacting functionality into Dialpad’s backend services
• Design and implement robust, reusable, and scalable backends through collaboration with a close-knit team
• Your impactful work will help improve: Dialpad’s customer experience, infrastructure scalability, security, and costs

Skills

• Currently enrolled in a university program (3rd year+) or recently graduated in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field of study
• Minimum of 8 months of hands-on experience in software development
• Available to work full-time (40 hours per week), Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM
• Familiarity/experience with Python, Java, C++, or similar programming languages
• Familiarity with SQL or NoSQL databases, including how to query and interact with databases
• A solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Skilled in writing clean, reusable code using object-oriented design principles
• Ability to debug code and write unit tests
• Basic knowledge of version control systems to collaborate on projects and track changes
• Launch new code weekly with our fast release cycles
• Experience with Git is a plus
• Experience working with containerization and orchestration in the cloud is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive benefits and perks
• Robust training program

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