What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer Intern position at The MITRE Corporation?
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Department Summary:
The Software Wellness, Architecture, & Quality department (L594) is seeking a Software Engineer Intern. The Software Wellness, Architecture, & Quality Department focuses on improving software quality, architecture, and long-term sustainability. The department helps sponsors understand not only whether software works today, but whether it will remain healthy and maintainable over time through software capabilities in the following areas:
Job Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Clearance: In addition to passing MITRE's employment background check, you may be submitted for a U.S. Government Security clearance. This is determined by the Department of Defense's adjudicative guidelines for receiving a clearance, to include U.S. citizenship. Other jobs may require vetting for various levels of agency public trust, fitness, suitability, controlled access, and special programs access determination consistent with the work program to which you are assigned.
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
None
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
None
Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$46,500 - $58,000 - $69,500 Annual
Work Location Type:
Onsite
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.
MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE's employment process, please email for general support and for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply.
Benefits information may be found here.
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Department Summary:
The Software Wellness, Architecture, & Quality department (L594) is seeking a Software Engineer Intern. The Software Wellness, Architecture, & Quality Department focuses on improving software quality, architecture, and long-term sustainability. The department helps sponsors understand not only whether software works today, but whether it will remain healthy and maintainable over time through software capabilities in the following areas:
- Software Architecture & Design
- Software Wellness Center
- Software Test, Verification, & Validation
Job Responsibilities:
- Build full stack web application utilizing modern web frameworks and methodologies.
- Demonstrate expertise in industry standard best practices for software design, implementation, testing, and documentation.
- Apply rapid prototyping techniques and agile methodologies
- Work independently and on teams to develop software prototypes using modern software engineering techniques with minimal instruction, guidance, and direction.
Basic Qualifications:
- Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Computer Science or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.
- Sustained excellence in academic performance
- Experience with programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python and C
- Experience with one or more modern web development framework (Vue.js, React, Angular, etc.)
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated interest in serving the public
Clearance: In addition to passing MITRE's employment background check, you may be submitted for a U.S. Government Security clearance. This is determined by the Department of Defense's adjudicative guidelines for receiving a clearance, to include U.S. citizenship. Other jobs may require vetting for various levels of agency public trust, fitness, suitability, controlled access, and special programs access determination consistent with the work program to which you are assigned.
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
None
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
None
Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$46,500 - $58,000 - $69,500 Annual
Work Location Type:
Onsite
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.
MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE's employment process, please email for general support and for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply.
Benefits information may be found here.
Copyright 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.
Salary : $69,500