MIT- Software Engineer Intern | Helios

📋 Description

• Develop features and services that support the lifecycle of customer workspaces and databases
• Build automation for provisioning, scaling, upgrades, backups, and recovery
• Improve service reliability, availability, observability, and operational efficiency
• Design and implement backend services and APIs for cloud database management
• Investigate and resolve performance, scalability, and correctness issues
• Write production code, tests, documentation, and technical designs

🎯 Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Computer Science, Computer
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Programming experience in Go, Java, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or a similar language
• Understanding of operating systems, distributed systems, networking, or databases
• Familiarity with Linux or Unix-based systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

🎁 Benefits

• Hands-on experience building cloud software for a production database platform
• Mentorship from experienced cloud and distributed-systems engineers
• Exposure to cloud infrastructure, database systems, reliability, and large-scale automation
• Opportunities to own meaningful work and see your contributions move toward production
• Collaboration with teams across engineering and product
• A supportive environment focused on technical growth and meaningful ownership