Software Developer Intern

We are a technology startup based in Allentown, PA with an immediate opening for a Software Developer Intern on our development team. This is a paid, part-time internship on-site at our headquarters in Allentown, PA. Only candidates attending colleges within the greater Lehigh Valley area will be considered at this time.

At The Social Station we are building the next generation social media marketing platform for agencies and brands. We develop native mobile applications, web-based tools, and backend systems to power our platform. We work with clients across the United States and employ a team of highly creative marketing and reputation specialists alongside our development team.

If working with the latest and greatest technology alongside a motivated and creative team sounds like your cup of tea, we would love to have you join our team!

Requirements:
Familiarity with one or more of the following languages and frameworks:

• Java / Spring Framework
  
• JavaScript / AngularJS / React / NodeJS
  
• HTML / CSS / Bootstrap
  
• MySQL / SQL

Understands RESTful API concepts, preferably with experience using one or more of the following APIs:

• Facebook
  
• Twitter
  
• Instagram

Experience developing projects as a team using source control, issue trackers, etc.

Uses or contributes to open-source software development projects

Follows test-driven development practices and has written unit tests for at least one project in the past

Entrepreneurial-minded and interested in thinking about not only the technical solutions, but the business and process solutions as well

Benefits

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We are located in the Velocity IA incubator in recently revitalized downtown Allentown with our own private office. Our building offers a highly collaborative environment with other local startups, and being in downtown Allentown, we have a lot of great places to eat and drink within walking distance – many of which are our clients!
Our development team is active with the local technology scene and we enjoy attending meetups and talks that not only expand our skillset, but provide fun social outings.
We believe in open-source software and time is provided to our development team to contribute back to the projects we use on a daily basis.