Software Engineering Summer Internship, Cloud Infrastructure

Job Summary:

As a Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Intern, you will help design, deploy, and optimize the cloud systems that power Bear Robotics’ growing fleet of service robots. You’ll work closely with software, DevOps, and robotics teams to ensure reliable, scalable, and secure cloud services that connect our robots to the real world. This internship is ideal for students interested in large-scale systems, cloud architecture, and IoT applications in robotics.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

• Assist in building and maintaining cloud infrastructure that supports real-time robot operations and telemetry.
• Work with tools like GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform to deploy and monitor microservices.
• Help monitor and optimize system performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with software and robotics engineers to integrate cloud APIs with robot software systems.
• Support efforts to ensure data security, compliance, and resilience across cloud environments.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and system documentation.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None.

Required Skills/Abilities/Qualifications:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, C++ or any major language.
• Enthusiasm for robotics, IoT systems, and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, and eagerness to learn in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or container orchestration (Docker) and basic understanding of networking concepts.
• Effective communication skills and ability to work in an agile team environment.

Preferred Skills/Abilities (Big Plus):

• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, or Prometheus/Grafana.
• Experience or coursework related to microservices, security or distributed systems.

Education/Experience:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Or recently graduated.

What You’ll Gain:

• Hands-on experience building infrastructure for real-world robots deployed in restaurants.
• Mentorship from senior software engineers.
• Exposure to production-grade CI/CD, container orchestration, and system monitoring.
• A chance to make an impact in the growing field of autonomous service robotics.
• Have an impact; see your work deployed to production.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting/standing at a desk and working on a computer.
• The employee routinely is required to sit; stand, walk; talk and hear; use hands to keyboard.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to lift 20 lbs.