What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientific Visual Exploration Software Intern position at Simons Foundation?
The Scientific Computing Core (SCC) manages supercomputing resources and provides high performance computing (HPC) expertise to all centers at the Flatiron Institute, developing tools broadly useful to the scientific community as a whole.
SCC is seeking a motivated programming intern to build interactive tools for visualizing and exploring scientific data, primarily using three dimensional representations.
Please look at the following web sites to see examples of the kind of microscopy data the intern will be working with.
Applicable travel assistance to New York City and a supported temporary housing option while in New York City may be available.
Visit the Summer at Simons page to learn more.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
Education
Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds, and experiences. The Simons Foundation is committed to advancing basic science and mathematics to benefit humankind and expand our collective understanding of our world. As part of our mission, we support partners, programs, and initiatives that seek to broaden the scientific community and open pathways to science and mathematics careers.
The Simons Foundation provides equal opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category under federal, state, and local law.
SCC is seeking a motivated programming intern to build interactive tools for visualizing and exploring scientific data, primarily using three dimensional representations.
Please look at the following web sites to see examples of the kind of microscopy data the intern will be working with.
- https://polymathic-ai.org/the_well/
- https://blastospim.flatironinstitute.org/html/
- https://github.com/flatironinstitute/lineage_viewer
Applicable travel assistance to New York City and a supported temporary housing option while in New York City may be available.
Visit the Summer at Simons page to learn more.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
- Use and develop Javascript based libraries based in browser HTML5 functionality.
- Use and develop Numeric and scientific libraries and components that interact with Javascript components.
- Perform any other duties or tasks as assigned or required
Education
- The intern should be enrolled in an undergraduate degree or higher.
- The intern must have contributed to software engineering projects with publicly available code repositories.
- The intern should be familiar with Javascript and basic web development.
- The intern should be familiar with basic vector algebraic concepts.
- The intern should have some familiarity with Python programming.
- Familiarity with web standards including HTML5/canvas, CSS, WebGPU, WebGL is preferred.
- Experience with using Javascript libraries such as D3, and three.js is preferred.
- Familiarity with git/github and software development methodologies is preferred.
- Familiarity with numeric and scientific Python is preferred.
- Must enjoy working in a vigorous research-driven environment
- Desire to document code and process, deliberative decision-making.
- Strong oral and written communication
- Excellent collaborative and interpersonal skills
- Cover letter explaining your interest in the position and include publicly accessible web links to code repositories for software projects you have contributed to and explain the nature of your contribution to those projects.
- Provide a CV or resume including your GitHub user ID or other publicly viewable web links related to your software engineering experience.
- Applications for summer 2026 must be submitted by February 6, 2026
- This internship pays $20, $25 or $28 per hour, depending on degree level
Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds, and experiences. The Simons Foundation is committed to advancing basic science and mathematics to benefit humankind and expand our collective understanding of our world. As part of our mission, we support partners, programs, and initiatives that seek to broaden the scientific community and open pathways to science and mathematics careers.
The Simons Foundation provides equal opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category under federal, state, and local law.
Salary : $20 - $28