Call for Interns

IT Services is building a pool of interns who can contribute to projects competing in the University of Chicago App Challenge (UAC).

The projects will create prototypes for new ideas in mobile development, web technology, cognitive computing, and more.

Benefits

You’ll get opportunities to

• Work with clients as a development professional.
• Get mentorship from senior developers.
• Expand your portfolio with a challenging, collaborative project.
• Grow your skills as a developer in personal-use technologies.

This is a paid internship at an competitive hourly rate, to be determined based on your experience. You’ll be working 10 hours a week; the number of weeks will depend on the project.

Am I qualified?

You should be a student of The University of Chicago (at any level), eligible to work ten hours a week for up to ten weeks.

The skills and experience we’ll look for depend on the project. As guidelines:

• Web developers should be proficient in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, preferably with experience in toolkits like SASS and JQuery. Showing us a site you’ve built would be a big plus.
• iOS developers should ideally have an app in the App Store, or be taking a class in iOS development.
• Android developers should ideally have an app in Google Play, or be taking a class in Android development.
• Cognitive-computing developers should be familiar with cognitive technologies such as IBM Watson.

Some skills would be valuable in any project:

• Ability to communicate under the supervision of a mentor with clients and coworkers.
• Familiarity with the use of Web APIs.
• Experience or classwork in databases (SQL or NoSQL).
• Grasp of the issues in asynchronous communicationWe will seriously consider any developer with exposure to technologies we need who demonstrates a strong, sincere desire to learn.

Apply

Fill out the application below. We’ll get in touch with you for an interview to learn more about your skills and interests. When a project comes in that fits your talents, we’ll call you to work out a schedule.

Interns Application

Given name *

Family name *

Email Address *

Phone Number *

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Degree level *

Undergrad

Graduate

At what degree level are you studying?

Name of program *

What’s the name of your program of study?

Year in program *

How many years are you into your program of study?

Graduating

When do you expect to graduate?

Enrollment *

Winter 2017

Spring 2017

Summer 2017

Fall 2017

Will you be a registered student in any of these quarters?

Permission to work in the US *

Yes

No

Are you legally permitted to work In the United States? That is, are you either a US citizen or a holder of a green card/work permit?

Availability for 10 hours per week *

Yes

No

Would you be able to work 10 hours a week or more? We will still consider you.

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Expertise

Cognitive

Mobile

Web

OtherOther

What kind of work would you be interested in?

Mobile platform

Android

iOS

OtherOther

What mobile platforms have you worked with?

Coursework and publication *

I’ve taken/am taking a class

I’ve published a site/app

Have you taken a class in your field of interest? Have you published any of your work? We will still consider you.

Languages and tools

CSS

HTML

Java

JavaScript

Objective-C

Other C-family (C, C++)

Perl

Python

Ruby

Swift

Front-end frameworks (JQuery, etc.)

Back-end frameworks (Django, Rails, etc.)

OtherOther

What languages and tools are you familiar with? (Give the top one or two for “Other.”)

Classes

What class(es) have you taken in your field of interest? Include classes you are taking now.

Sites

What are the URL(s) for your sites?

Published apps

What are the URL(s) for your published apps?

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How did you find us?

How did you hear about this internship?

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