Intern – Software Engineer, Digital Commerce (Hybrid: Onsite & Remote)

US Foods is a food distribution company offering a full-time summer internship program for students to gain practical business and technical experience. The Intern – Software Engineer, Digital Commerce will support front-end and back-end web application development, create APIs, develop programs, and participate in project ideation, testing, documentation, and issue resolution.

What you'll do:

• Assist and participate in project ideation - from concept to delivery
• Gather information from existing systems, analyze program and time requirements
• Prepare detailed specifications from which programs are developed and coded
• Develop moderately complex programs
• Ensure programs meet standards and technical specifications
• Develop test plans to verify logic of new or modified programs
• Create documentation of work assignments such as program code and technical documentation
• Assist support and/or project personnel in resolving program issues

What they're looking for:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems/Science or related area of study
• Must be enrolled in school during time of internship
• Typically, students currently between their Junior and Senior years or between their 1st and 2nd years of graduate school will be considered for internships
• Coursework or skill in object-oriented programming
• Coursework or skill in Java development
• Database server development experience
• Web application development experience OR hands-on website development experience
• Experience integrating front-end templates with back-end functionality
• Experience with front-end web development languages
• Must have regular, reliable method of transportation to commute to US Foods' location
• Requirements gathering, design, implementation, integration and testing; developing database driven sites
• Microservice Architecture

Benefits:

• Students will be matched with a manager who will meet with them on a regular basis to provide direction on assignments as well as deliver performance feedback.
• A mentor will be available to offer day-to-day guidance and support.
• Exposure to US Foods executive leadership.
• Opportunity to participate in learning and social events with other interns across business functions.
• Opportunity to deliver an end of summer presentation to showcase accomplishments with key business leaders.
• Possibility of transitioning to a full-time position post-graduation dependent on availability and overall performance.
• Hybrid work arrangement, combining onsite and remote work.
• For qualified students whose permanent home of record is located outside 50 miles from US Foods Corporate HQ, a sign-on bonus will be offered to partially offset housing costs for the summer.