Summer 2025
Software Engineer Intern
Posted on 3/7/2025
Centerfield
1,001-5,000 employees
Performance-based customer acquisition via digital marketing
Compensation Overview
$30/hr
Los Angeles, CA, USA
In Person
Interns are required to come into the office 3 days a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays).
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- Pursuing a degree in Computer Science or relevant field
- Eagerness to learn!
- Someone who wants to jump in and learn new skills and immediately apply them to real world problems and products
- Rising seniors or new graduates who expect to complete their degree in Spring 2025 or those in relevant bootcamps
- You have an interest in digital marketing or advertising and are eager to learn more about Centerfield’s industry!
- You are local to our Playa Vista HQ and are willing to come into the office 3 days a week!
- Develop and write high quality custom scripts to manipulate data
- Debug and review code
- Query and manipulating data at scale
- Integrate third-party APIs
- Build UI features for customer facing web applications
- Further develop technical skills with an experienced team of developers and learn from a personal mentor
- Cross-collaborate with other departments on building out new features for Centerfield’s suite of products
- Complete an engineering project for your department that impacts the business
- At the end of your internship, you’ll present your project and final product to department heads and your leadership team at our office in Playa Vista, CA
- Gaining knowledge in SQL and relational database concepts
- Familiarity with data storage and retrieval systems
- Forming comprehension of web technologies such as Node.js and Python
- Working understanding of javascript frameworks and libraries like jQuery
- Developing literacy of Front End languages such as HTML, React and JavaScript
- Developing literacy of Back End languages such as PHP, C#, and Java
- Working understanding of cloud based technologies such as AWS and Azure
- Familiarity of Search Engine Optimization concepts
Centerfield specializes in driving customer acquisition for large brands through performance-based digital marketing. Its approach combines technology, expert sales agents, and personalized, channel-optimized engagement (including text and chat) to move shoppers across devices toward a purchase. The company works with brands in home services and telecommunications, generating thousands of sales annually (about 2,000,000) and notable client outcomes (e.g., $100 million in sales for a leading home services company). Unlike typical marketing firms, Centerfield blends automated, data-driven marketing with live sales agents to create seamless buying experiences and measure success by the sales and customer acquisitions it delivers for its clients. The goal is to help partners grow their customer base and revenue by delivering high-quality, measurable results through a scalable, technology-enabled sales and marketing platform.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Debt Financing
Total Funding
$831M
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
Founded
2011
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Agentic AI integration in CRM/ERP systems enhances Dugout platform automation capabilities significantly.
- Insurance industry consolidation around performance-based platforms expands Centerfield's addressable market across verticals.
- Social commerce integration via Brainjolt acquisition reaches 70 million consumers across 32 brands.
What critics are saying
- Google Ads 2026 conversion value bidding mandates render Dugout's keyword-based RTB obsolete immediately.
- OpenAI GPT-5 autonomous sales agents achieve 92% close rates, eliminating 1,500-person call center.
- $675 million debt load and integration failures from aggressive M&A dilute proprietary tech edges.
What makes Centerfield unique
- Proprietary Dugout platform automates end-to-end customer acquisition across search, display, social channels.
- 1,500-person sales and retention center closes approximately 2 million sales annually for clients.
- Omnichannel personalization through text, chat, and real-time bidding reaches 200 million in-market shoppers.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Unlimited Paid Time Off
401(k) Company Match
Paid Charity and Volunteer Days
Parental Leave
Performance Bonus
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 1%1 year growth
↑ 0%2 year growth
↑ 17%Centerfield has acquired Brainjolt, a social commerce platform, to enhance its digital customer acquisition capabilities. Brainjolt, founded in 2014, reaches over 70 million consumers and has driven $1 billion in sales through its 32 brands. This acquisition marks Centerfield's fifth add-on since being acquired by Platinum Equity in December 2019. Platinum Equity supports Centerfield's growth and plans to pursue further strategic M&A opportunities.
Centerfield was named a winner of the 2023 MarTech Breakthrough Awards in the Best Overall SEM Solution category.
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