Software Engineer Intern - Summer 2026

Description 

Pendo is looking for dynamic, motivated, and self-driven team members to join our Engineering organization this summer as Software Engineering Interns! As an engineer, you will help our customers build what matters, elevating the world’s experience with software. You’ll join a team building tools that help product managers make smarter decisions by combining usage data, feedback, and AI to deliver insights, simplify workflows, and improve the customer experience. You’ll be a hands-on, thoughtful, and strategic member of an engineering team, and your work will directly improve Pendo’s products and our customers’ experience. 

We are especially excited to meet students who are passionate about AI technology and eager to help build intelligent, user-facing features powered by machine learning and large language models. In addition to the day-to-day responsibilities this intern will hold, you’ll also be provided mentorship and development via one-on-one time with our CDO, VP of Engineering, Engineering Managers, and the entire engineering and product teams. 

By applying to this role, you will be considered for our Front End, Back End, or Operations Engineering Internship.

Role Responsibilities 

• Contribute to teams working on meaningful projects, such as transforming the enterprise customer experience by eliminating barriers to adoption, building AI agentic features, or delivering AI-powered insights
• Build web infrastructure with programming languages such as Python, Golang or JavaScript using Vue
• Participate in Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, and Retrospective activities
• Create a real impact on the engineering team(s) by working directly with Product, Design and your team in an Agile environment rapidly developing and releasing Pendo products to our customers

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate full-time college degree program, preferably in computer science or a similar field with an expected graduation date in 2027 or 2028
• Excellent communication & presentation skills
• Ability to demonstrate critical-thinking, time-management, and decision-making capabilities
• Experience in at least one of the following: Golang, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, C#, Swift, Kotlin, or similar current programming languages
• For those interested in a Front End internship:
• Understanding of JavaScript frameworks such as Vue, React or Angular
• For those interested in a Back End or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) internship:
• Understanding of distributed computing fundamentals like REST APIs and cloud computing (GCP, AWS and/or Azure)
• Understanding of/experience with cloud data storage like document databases

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous technical internship experience
• Familiarity with Python-based ML frameworks
• Experience integrating or experimenting with LLMs or APIs like OpenAI or LangChain
• Interest in building user-facing product features powered by AI or ML
• Familiarity with prompt engineering or working with vector databases
• Strong problem-solving skills and a curiosity about AI tooling and applying AI to real-world product experiences

Pendo Description:

Pendo was founded in 2013 by former product managers, who combined their heads and hearts to build something they wanted but never had as product managers -- a simple way to understand and attack what truly drives product success.  Our mission is to improve society's experience with software.

Come join one of the fastest-growing startups, supported by best-in-class institutions like Battery Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital and Meritech. You will gain experience in a diverse and exciting set of technologies and clients and have a real impact on Pendo's future. Our culture is passionate, dynamic, and fun.

EEOC

We are an equal opportunity employer and believe having diverse teams where everyone brings their whole self to Pendo is key to our success. We welcome all people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

Accessibility

Pendo is committed to working with, and providing access and reasonable accommodation to, applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities. If you think you may require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, please send a request to: accommodation@pendo.io. All requests for accommodations are treated discreetly and confidentially, as practical and permitted by law.

Compensation

The hourly pay for this role to be performed in North Carolina is $30/hr.