--- title: 'Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027) at Viam' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineering-intern-summer-2027-viam-new-york-t95rw23bzpws' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027) at Viam - **Company:** Viam - **Location:** New York, NY - **Posted:** 2026-09-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/viamrobotics/jobs/6185046004 ## Job description ## About Viam Founded by Eliot Horowitz, co-founder and former CTO of MongoDB, Viam is a novel robotics engineering platform that lets you configure, control, and manage robots intuitively and quickly. We’re inspiring a generation of engineers to solve complicated automation problems with our uniquely powerful suite of software tools. We’re a ~100-person company headquartered in New York City. Viam's products are built by engineers, for engineers. We want to build a platform we would want to use ourselves. We are looking for students studying computer science or related fields to collaborate with our full-time engineers on building out the software for our platform. Our current tech stack consists of Golang (backend), ES.Next/TypeScript/Svelte/Vue.js (frontend), Linux, MongoDB (database), and a variety of hardware. This is a software engineering internship, not hardware. You’ll be: - Working across the stack on the new and unique problems in robotics and cloud computing - Fully integrated with the full-time engineering organization, matched to a specific team with an assigned mentor - Using state of the art technologies that best tackle our problems at hand - Learning engineering best practices in real-world production environments - Playing with robotics hardware to test out the software we build We’re looking for someone who: - In the process of receiving a Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or related field, with at least one additional term after the end of the internship - Available to intern in person at our New York City office for 10-12 weeks during the summer of 2027 - Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals including algorithms, data structures, architecture and/or robotics - Experience with various programming languages ## Benefits - Free lunch everyday that you are in the office - Monthly wellness stipend to be used for a variety of fitness-related items like gym memberships, fitness classes, fitness equipment, and more - AI Budget - 3 vacation days to be used throughout the summer Full-time Benefits Viam’s base salary range for this role is posted above. In addition to cash compensation, Viam offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants, health benefits, and more. - 100% covered medical/dental/vision insurance plans, commuter benefits - 25 days paid vacation and generous holiday observances - Free lunch every day that you’re in the office - One Medical Membership - Citi Bike memberships - Monthly wellness stipend to be used for a variety of fitness-related items like gym memberships, fitness classes, fitness equipment, and more - Paid parental leave - Reproductive Health Benefits, including Fertility Benefits and Abortion Access Travel Benefits - Yearly Learning and Development Budget for your own personal learning goals Values: - Vision Driven - Collaborate Openly - Act Decisively - Succeed Through Diversity - Hold Ourselves Accountable - Lead with Curiosity To all recruitment agencies: Viam does not accept unsolicited agency resumes or calls from recruitment agencies or search firms. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or Viam employees. Viam is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. ## About Viam ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Viam provides a software platform for building, deploying, and managing robotics applications, enabling engineers to develop for the physical world using modern software practices. - **Entity Type**: Private (venture‑backed; multiple funding rounds including Series B/C) - **Headquarters**: New York City, New York, USA - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Eliot Horowitz (co‑founder and former CTO of MongoDB) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Robotics, manufacturing, marine, climate tech, logistics, entertainment, food & beverage - **Target customers**: B2B – engineers, startups, and enterprises building and managing robotics fleets - **Mission**: “Make the physical world programmable” – a single platform that abstracts hardware complexity so any engineer can build and scale robotics applications. ## Products & Services - **Viam Platform**: A software platform combining multi‑language SDKs (Python, Go, TypeScript), cloud‑based fleet management, OTA updates, built‑in motion/vision services, and a Registry for drivers and ML models. Engineers write application logic from day one without assembling a traditional robotics stack. The same code scales from prototype to global fleet without rewrites. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Total funding amount not disclosed; company has raised at least Series B/Series C per LinkedIn signals. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not specified in public sources; board includes venture investors. - **Growth Signals**: Growing team across the U.S. and Europe, active hiring (7 open positions as of mid‑2025), dedicated robotics lab in NYC, and expanding into verticals like manufacturing, marine, and climate tech. ## Competitive Advantages - **Open architecture**: Hardware abstracted into simple, consistent APIs – engineers write in familiar languages without vendor lock‑in. - **End‑to‑end lifecycle**: Single platform covering development, deployment, monitoring, and over‑the‑air updates, eliminating stack resets when scaling. - **Multi‑language SDKs**: Python, Go, and TypeScript support lowers the barrier for software engineers entering robotics. - **Proven founding team**: CEO Eliot Horowitz previously co‑founded MongoDB, demonstrating ability to build a widely adopted developer platform. ## Strategic Focus - Expand the platform’s coverage across industries (manufacturing, logistics, climate, marine, entertainment). - Continue simplifying the robotics development lifecycle so that “the physical world is finally programmable.” - Grow the engineering organization, particularly in data platform and fleet management roles. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values include Vision Driven, Lead With Curiosity, Collaborate Openly, Act Decisively, Succeed Through Diversity, and Hold Ourselves Accountable. Strong emphasis on learning, honest feedback, and building for diverse perspectives. - **Work model**: Hybrid – three days per week in the NYC office (near Lincoln Center), two days remote. Teams also distributed across the U.S., U.K., and Italy. - **Benefits**: Fully covered medical, dental, and vision for employees and children; free One Medical, Talkspace, Teladoc; fertility benefits (egg freezing, IVF); 20 weeks paid parental leave; 401(k) with traditional/Roth options; generous vacation and sick leave; daily lunch, snacks, and coffee in office; fitness reimbursement; Citi Bike membership; shower room, bike storage, and mother’s room. - **Growth**: Annual budget for courses, conferences, and professional memberships; tuition support for degrees; “Lead with Curiosity” professional development program; dedicated build days for engineers to hack on real robots. ## Sources 1. [viam.com/careers](https://www.viam.com/careers) – Benefits, culture, and work environment details 2. [viam.com/about](https://www.viam.com/about) – Founders, history, mission, and team overview 3. [viam.com](https://www.viam.com/) – Platform description and value proposition 4. [Greenhouse job board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/viamrobotics) – Current open positions and company description 5. 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