Platform Engineering 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.

 Job Title: Cloud/Platform Engineer Intern

Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we’re driven by our passion to create asmarter, 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 theSmart 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’smillions of customers. Your work will directly impact how customers use Vivint to secure and control theirhomes.

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.  

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