Software Engineer Intern

November 18, 2024

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Job Description

About the Company:

Salesforce Business Technology is a department within Salesforce that focuses on implementing Salesforce’s own products internally. They describe themselves as blazing the trail of enterprise IT and accelerating the success of the Salesforce family through optimal Salesforce implementation. They value Trust, Scale, and Integration, utilizing modern, lean, and self-governing Scrum teams. The company culture emphasizes professional development, volunteerism, and innovation.

Job Description: Software Engineer Intern in IT Applications

This is a 1-year, part-time internship (30 hours/week, 2-3 days on-site in Mexico City) starting November 4th, 2024, for students graduating in December 2025 or June 2026. Interns will be part of a software engineering team developing functionality primarily on a Salesforce Sales Cloud implementation. The team includes software engineers, product managers, and architects responsible for feature development and application maintenance for a global sales organization.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, working across various phases.
• Contribute to application development on the Salesforce platform.
• Integrate Salesforce with third-party applications.
• Participate in product and feature design with product teams and business partners.
• Plan, design, and enhance automation frameworks, utilities, and tools.
• Participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate with engineers, business analysts, and product owners for product delivery.
• Attend team and project follow-up meetings.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in and working towards a BS in Computer Science or a related field.
• Intermediate/advanced English skills.
• Availability to work 30 hours per week in the Mexico City office (2-3 days a week).
• Experience with Object-Oriented Programming.
• Experience implementing technical projects.
• Experience with HTML and CSS.
• Experience with JavaScript.
• Experience with relational database languages.
• Experience with web services integration (SOAP or REST).
• Basic understanding of web application security.
• Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.
• Strong teamwork, motivation, accountability, and results-oriented skills.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Problem-solving skills and initiative.
• Attention to detail.

Preferred Skills (but not required):

• General experience with the Salesforce platform.
• Experience with Agile Scrum methodology.
• Familiarity with Continuous Deployment pipelines.

What you’ll learn:

• Key software development tools.
• Salesforce/Mulesoft platform and related products.
• Various phases of the software development lifecycle.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary.
• Wellness reimbursement.
• Meal vouchers.
• 56 hours/year of Volunteering Time Off.
• Other Salesforce benefits.
• Coaching and mentorship throughout the program.
• Special activities and swag.
• Opportunity to transition to a full-time role after the internship.

Important Dates:

• Start Date: November 4th, 2024
• Interviews: July-September 2024
• Internship End Date: November 2025