Platform Engineering Intern

Cloud/Platform Engineer Intern

Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we're driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future. Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, is a leading smart home company in the United States, dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services. We find purpose in proactively protecting and keeping our customers connected to home, no matter where they are. Join the Smart Home team to create smarter, safer and more sustainable homes.

Summary: In this role, you'll be building the back-end APIs and services that power our app experiences for Vivint's millions of customers. Your work will directly impact how customers use Vivint to secure and control their homes.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Implement APIs used by the Vivint's mobile apps
• Write handlers to communicate with Vivint cameras
• Work with experienced software developers to implement new features

What We're Looking For:

• Experience with Go and Python or similar languages
• Currently in your sophomore semester of college/university
• Experience developing REST and/or gRPC APIs
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and/or Docker
• Understanding of MQTT for communicating with IoT devices
• Understanding of non-relational (NoSQL) databases like MongoDB

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills. Official description on file with Talent. Vivint, an equal opportunity employer, does not consider any protected traits (e.g., race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin, non-job-related disability, age, or any other protected trait) when hiring—under federal, state, and local laws. We are a drug-free environment. We do not conduct pre-employment drug screening; however, we do conduct random drug testing on site.