Software Engineering Internship (6 weeks)

Overview

We are offering a summer internship for a web software engineer. The role will involve producing high quality code for Cambridge Kinetics and for our SaaS product, Kinabase.

You will be joining a young and dynamic company with a growing client base, alongside a friendly, supportive, and energetic UK based team. You will be trusted with real responsibility and projects from day one, allowing you to gain experience working across industries on valuable and impactful software projects.

This is an exciting time to be joining our company. As part of a fast-growing start-up, this role will give you experience and real influence working on practical and useful real-world projects – ensuring we put user experience and software quality at the heart of everything we do.

Who we are seeking

We are looking for people that share our vision for high quality code delivered in a highly professional and caring way. We’re keen to see applications from talented candidates that want to be involved with an innovative and thriving start-up business.

We are looking for interns ready to start in Summer 2025 for six weeks, currently undertaking a degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject. You will have a strong academic background, and with a passion for software engineering and a desire to learn and grow.

To help, here’s a summary of who we are looking for:

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience with JavaScript, TypeScript (front and back end), CSS and HTML;
• Knowledge of Node.js, React and/or Vue JavaScript frameworks;
• Knowledge of iOS and Android app development, and/or React Native;
• Familiarity with database technology, architecture and solutions (NoSQL and/or SQL);
• Experience with version control, unit testing, continuous integration and code quality tools;
• Experience of producing client-facing applications and an awareness of the UX and UI challenges involved;
• Self-motivated, and able to work as part of a small team on short and demanding projects with strict attention to detail;

Company and Projects

Cambridge Kinetics was founded in response to a clear demand for high quality software development services around Cambridgeshire. There is certainly no typical project and those involved in the company can look forward to involvement in taking our product to market - working with industries across everything from agriculture to construction. As a valued part of the design and development team, you will be encouraged to be involved in all aspects from solution concept and design, through to delivery and support.

Location

We provide our team the flexibility of a hybrid combination of remote and in-person work, to get the best of both worlds.

We have offices in St John's Innovation Centre and you will be required to be in the office at least four days a week.

Remuneration

This is a paid internship for six weeks. We are flexible on start and end dates, and there is the potential to extend the internship based on performance.

How to apply

If you think you are a good fit for the role, the company, for our clients and our products, then drop us an email to careers@cambridgekinetics.com with a bit about yourself and a CV. If you’ve got a GitHub or LinkedIn profile you should include that too.