Full-Stack/Back-End Software Engineering Co-op (July-December 2025)

Boston, MA

At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying.

At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you are close but not an exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying. Want to learn more about life at Klaviyo? Visit careers.klaviyo.com to see how we empower creators to own their own destiny.

About our Co-op 

 

Our Software Engineering co-op is small. This is purposeful - so we can ensure each intern is able to undertake  meaningful and robust projects that directly impact our product and customers. It also creates a tight-knit group of co-ops who get to bond with each other over the course of the co-op. 

 

Co-ops are valued members of our engineering department, which is made up of small, agile teams that collaborate across Klaviyo to constantly ship work that impacts our product. Interns have ownership over features, while also learning from and connecting with fellow Klaviyos from engineering, product, design, and beyond to make sure they craft the right solutions. We operate a real-time data platform coded in Python built for massive scale on Amazon Web Services (AWS). 

 

We move fast here - co-ops work on projects at scale and often ship their work during the course of the co-op. We offer a supportive environment where co-ops can test, fail, iterate and launch while building a solid technical foundation, awesome connections across Klaviyo while having fun.

 

Co-ops come to Klaviyo with experience in a variety of coding languages, but they are all passionate about building, owning, and scaling features end-to-end from scratch and breaking through obstacles or technical challenges in their way.

 

How you’ll make an impact

  • Own features that our 150K+ paying customers rely on daily to reach their consumers to drive their business forward
  • Be responsible for the mission, technical direction and operations of projects that have immediate impact
  • Architect and design robust and high performance data processing and storage systems leveraging new databases to serve different internal and external use cases
  • Craft our highly scalable real-time data pipeline that processes billions of events weekly across data sets growing to petabyte scale
  • Work on a deep analytics system that provides insight into hundreds of terabytes of data

What We’re Looking For

  • At least one previous software engineering internship/co-op with software development experience
  • Graduating in December 2025 or May/June 2026
  • Experience with some of these technologies and languages:
    • Python, Django, Celery
    • MySQL, Cassandra, Clickhouse, RabbitMQ, Redis
    • HTML, JavaScript, Typescript, LESS, Backbone.js, React
    • Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS, Aurora, etc.) Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and other DevOps tools
    • EMR, SageMaker
  • Enjoy working with new technologies ranging from the frontend to backend and adept at selecting the right tool for the job
  • Love digging into performance and scalability issues to drive breakthrough solutions-- whether it's a slow loading UI or too many clicks in a workflow, a database query timing out, or a queue that just won’t drain. You recognize all problems can be solved.
  • Enjoy shipping code early and often in an agile fashion, pairing with product management to craft better software by soliciting feedback from thousands of end-users
  • Embrace Klaviyo’s “always learning” culture that fosters learning at every level, constantly pushing yourself to be a better engineer 
  • Pursuing a degree in computer science, computer engineering or other relevant discipline.

Co-op Logistics

  • Our Co-op program is a paid experience at our Boston, MA headquarters from January-June 2025
  • Before diving into individual teams and projects, all co-ops will complete Klaviyo Base Camp - a week-plus onboarding experience. Base Camp provides focused time to learn about Klaviyo, our product, the ins and outs of engineering and spend time getting to know other new Klaviyos. This robust training experience ensures all co-ops join their teams fully prepared to dive into project work and make an immediate impact. 
  • Our Boston office is fun - our co-ops stay fueled with free snacks and drinks, take breaks over a game of ping pong, Nintendo or round of golf with our simulator, and relax in our speakeasy (yes you read that right!).
Massachusetts Applicants:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

The pay range for this role is listed below. Sales roles are also eligible for variable compensation and hourly non-exempt roles are eligible for overtime in accordance with applicable law. This role is eligible for benefits, including: medical, dental and vision coverage, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k), flexible paid time off and company-paid holidays and a culture of learning that includes a learning allowance and access to a professional coaching service for all employees.

Base Pay Range For US Locations:

$50 - $50 USD

Get to Know Klaviyo

We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.

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