Software Engineer Intern

Sony Electronics Inc. is looking for the risk-takers, the collaborators, the inspired and the inspirational. We want the people who are brave enough to work at the cutting edge and create solutions that will enrich and improve the lives of people across the globe. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we offer an environment and culture that promotes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In addition, our team members enjoy innovative work-life balance opportunities including a hybrid home/office workplace, monthly “Free Fridays”, and early shutdowns on Fridays throughout the year (including half-days during the summer).

So, if you want to join a “Best Place to Work” company and make the world say wow, let's talk.

We are looking for an aspiring developer with interest in developing applications that can have a real impact on products used by millions of customers!

The ideal internship candidate finds software engineering fun, loves learning new frameworks and languages, and is fastidious about their code. Using and/or contributing to open-source projects is a big plus, as well as experience with unit testing code, continuous integration and test-driven development.

This position is based at Sony Electronics U.S. Headquarters, located in San Diego, CA.

In this role, you will gain hands on experience in software development activities, such as:

Developing & Maintaining Cloud Services: Build scalable, high-performance APIs and backend services in a cloud environment.

Automation & Optimization: Create scripts and tools to streamline deployment, testing, and monitoring workflows.

Containerizing Infrastructure: Design and manage Docker-based solutions for portable, reproducible development and production environments.

Leveraging ML/AI for Insights: Implement monitoring and analytics pipelines that use machine learning and AI to surface system health and usage trends.

Building User Interfaces: Design and code intuitive web portals and dashboards for enterprise management applications.

Internship Qualifications:

Currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student studying Software Engineering or related field with applicable coursework

Experience building web services and applications with Golang, Rust, NodeJS, MySQL, Vue, React

Familiarity with Linux and shell languages

Experience with client-server architecture and web services

Strong interest in pursuing a design and development career path

AWS, Docker, and CI/CD experience preferred

Sony Electronics is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values employees with a broad cross-cultural perspective. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. All applicants will receive fair and impartial treatment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information or on any other basis which is protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

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Sony Electronics Inc. and Sony of Canada Ltd. provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at, or you can mail your resume to: Sony Electronics, Human Resources Department, 16535 Via Esprillo, San Diego CA 92127. Please indicate the position you are applying for.

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