Backend Software Engineering Intern @ AppLovin

About AppLovin

AppLovin makes technologies that help businesses of every size connect to their ideal customers. The company provides end-to-end software and AI solutions for businesses to reach, monetize and grow their global audiences. For more information about AppLovin, visit: www.applovin.com.

To deliver on this mission, our global team is composed of team members with life experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives that mirror our developers and customers around the world. At AppLovin, we are intentional about the team and culture we are building, seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others.

Fortune recognized AppLovin as one of the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area 2022, and is a Certified Great Place to Work in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Check out the rest of our awards HERE.

A Day in the Life

As a member of our Ad Serving Platform team, you’ll solve technical challenges, including: design and architecture of a back-end handling billions of requests per day, services that extract key analytics from large datasets containing billions or trillions of records, creating high-availability low-latency systems that are distributed across multiple data centers. This will be a 2-3 month long internship and start in summer 2024.

Basic Qualifications

You are a Junior, Senior, or Masters level student (and are currently working towards earning a BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field)
You love to program, solve problems, and build stuff
Have experience programming in Java
Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms

Preferred Qualifications

Have experience with object-oriented programming
Have experience working with SQL databases
Have experience building highly scalable, low latency systems
Previous Software Engineering Internships
Non-academic coding experience (i.e. hackathons, code challenges, personal projects, GitHub, Open Source, etc.)
Understanding of software development life cycle

AppLovin provides a competitive total compensation package with a pay for performance rewards approach. Total compensation at AppLovin is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Depending on the position offered, equity, and other forms of incentive compensation (as applicable) may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to dental, vision, and other benefits.

Bay Area base pay range; Total compensation package commensurate with experience

$45—$60 USD

AppLovin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about EEO rights as an applicant here.

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