Responsibilities

We are looking for highly motivated Software Engineering Intern that believe in specializing in creating exceptional user experiences for our users. You will need strong software engineering skills, excellent interpersonal communication, and experience accepting and giving meaningful feedback on technical designs. 

You will be responsible for creating the new generation of connectivity on Workato to top business applications together with a team of world-class engineers and product managers. This role involves learning the ins-and-outs of modern web technologies and how to work in fast-paced and agile sprints. You will be responsible for writing high-quality code that addresses real-world customer challenges and contributing immediately to the Workato platform’s success and that of our customers. Our goal is to set the bar for what enterprise automation can be. We want to work with people who are excited by this goal and have the talent to deliver on it.

You will also be responsible to:

• Solve challenging connectivity problems involving the world’s top business applications and engineering with a focus on scalability, reliability, and user experience.

• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve bugs and issues with software programming code that arise during testing and contribute to our CI/CD process, software performance tuning and optimization

• Research and develop advanced algorithms to get real-time performance

• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to understand customer needs, implement solutions, and deliver compelling products

• Responsibilities include designing and developing robust, stable, and fault-tolerant connectors to the world’s top applications

• Write well designed, testable, and efficient code

• Contribute to all phases of the development life-cycle

• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting them for review

• Evaluate and propose improvements to Workato’s connectors and platform 

Requirements

Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills

• BS/MS Degree in Computer Science, Computer engineering, Information systems or equivalent

• A good foundation in software engineering principles, including object-oriented programming and design patterns

• Prior internship experience in a Software engineering role

• Excellent debugging, analytical, problem-solving, and social skills

• Contributions to open-source projects is a plus

• Experience in Ruby is a plus

Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics

• Internship Experience. You have internship level (or more) experience coding and shipping production grade software.

• Passionate about systems design and robust software. Our backend platform changes often as we work and experiment to bring credit to as many people as we can. We are passionate about software architecture and fault tolerant production systems.

• Displays inclusivity, kindness, and humility. Our inclusive and collaborative culture is what makes Workato a great place to work. We need diverse people who embody our core values to make it even greater.

• Strong self-management, sense of ownership, and organization. Workato’s open and collaborative environment enables proactive and organized employees to really shine.

• Collaborative, empathetic, listens with intent. Communication of complex, ever-changing business and technology concepts is hard. Creating a shared understanding and path forward via an open discussion is commonplace at Workato.

• Detail-oriented; a strong focus on testing frameworks. Workato’s systems are complex and mission-critical. We rely on strong testing frameworks and a focus on the details of requirements to deliver features correctly.

• Weighs trade-offs and focuses on value delivery. A fast-paced startup demands making trade-offs that balance the near term and long term value add of solutions. At Workato, we design robust systems, but try not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.