Software Integration Engineer Intern

SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM SUMMARY

At Columbia Sportswear we offer college students a unique opportunity to join our team and help solve real business problems! Bring your passion and insight to a company that is committed to driving long- term sustainable growth this summer for our 10-week summer internship at our Headquarters in Portland, Oregon! Interns can expect to gain valuable hands-on experience within their department while building partnerships with teams and fellow interns along the way!

• Location: Portland, OR

• Duration: ~10 weeks

• Start Date Options: May 19th- July 25th or June 23rd - August 29th

• Application Deadline: January 26th, 2025

• Pay: $22.50/hr

ABOUT THE POSITION

Although we're an apparel and footwear-focused company, technology is central to everything we do. Columbia Sportswear's Digital Technology (CDT) teams enable an IT infrastructure across four global brands, a global supply chain, and 500+ geographically dispersed stores. These teams support in-store, mobile, and data platforms to enhance customer interface and service in an ever-evolving industry.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Build, test, and deliver solutions that are secure, maintainable, performant, and scalable using object-oriented frameworks, and cloud PAAS approaches.

• Operate as part of an agile team executing against a backlog that covers a broad swath of different domains across the enterprise.

• Strengthen the team's adoption of modern testing practices, deployment tools, and frameworks.

• Build and cultivate a DevOps culture and mindset.

• Collaborate with peers in an agile environment to solve problems and identify process improvements within the team. Actively learn and develop technical and non-technical skills.

YOU ARE

• Self-driven and motivated to learn and adapt quickly to new programming languages, frameworks, cloud technologies, and development patterns and practices.

• A strong communicator with a technical vision for Columbia's information management and engineering standards.

• Creative contributor looking to deliver a superior product while working with a small scrum team.

• Able to transition complex business processes into software solutions that meet defined outcomes.

YOU HAVE

• Majoring in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field or a combination of education and experience.

• A minimum cumulative GPA of a 2.7 from an accredited college or university.

• Experience coding in an object oriented based language

• Experience building and interacting with RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures.

• Experience working in an Agile portfolio and software development team.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Current student with one of the following academic standings: Rising Senior, Senior, Graduate/ MBA student

• Degree relevant to the internship you are applying for

• Must be able to participate in 10-week program for either date option provided above

• *Must be able to work onsite at our headquarter location for the duration of the internship- interns will partner directly with their managers regarding expectations to work collaboratively in office specified days of the week

NON-LOCAL CANDIDATE CONSIDERATIONS

• Relocation assistance & housing is NOT provided- these costs and arrangements would be the responsibility of the intern for the entirety of the program

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.