Software Engineer Intern, Marketplace Platform

We’re searching for you: fresh talent with new ideas, innovation, passion, and drive to bring to Staples. We have student and graduate opportunities where you’ll help the Staples, Inc. organization be more successful and productive while building a purposeful career. Whether you are looking for a summer internship, co-op, or an entry-level role, we’ll help you develop the technical and soft skills you need to thrive in the future.

Program Start Date: June 7, 2027

What you bring to the table:

• Collaborative – able to build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Customer Focused – able to identify and understand internal or external customer needs and interests and deliver customer-centric solutions
• Inclusive – dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment consisting of diverse individuals from varying backgrounds and cultures
• Innovative – develop new insights; question conventional approaches; encourage new ideas; design and implement new solutions
• Self-Developer – actively seeks new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels

What you’ll be doing:

• Build a real feature end to end with a mentor on the platform Staples uses to list, price, and track orders on Amazon and other marketplaces: REST API, database change, user interface, tests, and release.
• Create and update REST APIs using Java and Spring Boot.
• Create and update user interface screens in React and TypeScript.
• Write SQL against Postgres and Snowflake to build and check features that use marketplace order and product data.
• Write unit and integration tests and help diagnose issues in lower environments.
• Work in the same code reviews, CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins, Azure Kubernetes), and release process as the full-time team.
• Demo your project to the team and business partners at the end of the summer.

What’s needed- Basic Qualifications:

• Actively pursuing a master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, enrolled as a full-time student carrying a minimum of 12 college credits.
• Coursework or projects in Java, Python, or TypeScript.
• Basic SQL and relational database knowledge.
• Familiar with Git.

Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.