Front-End Software Engineer Intern
Summary
Awardco is hiring a full-time summer intern (April–September 2027) in Lindon, Utah to build user-facing features on its employee recognition platform. Day to day, the intern hand-codes semantic JavaScript and reusable Vue.js components while collaborating with developers, product managers, and designers.
Awardco is reimagining the workplace to be more rewarding, supportive, and fun for everyone. As one of the fastest growing companies in the employee experience industry, our mission is to help employees love what they do, love where they work, and get recognized for their efforts—especially our own employees! And as winners of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work, Best in Brightest in the Nation, and Great Place to Work, we do much more than talk the talk.
The Awardco engineers are responsible for an array of duties, including managing the development of new features, changes to our existing code and improving overall product performance by optimizing existing workflows and code blocks. We expect our development team to be dynamic, display leadership qualities, bring fresh ideas to improve the product, and be enthusiastic to take on new problems as we continue to expand the recognition and incentive industry.
As a Front End Developer here at Awardco, you will work closely with our Creative department and our other Developers to create captivating user interfaces. You will play an integral part in the development of our product.
This internship has a target start date in April or May 2027 with an anticipated end date in August or September 2027 with the potential to extend. This is a full-time summer internship.
*We currently have multiple product/engineer internships open at the moment. Please only apply to the internship that aligns most with where you want to pursue your career.*
Our recruiting team will be reviewing applications during the month of October 2026.
What you will do:
- Use Vuejs to create reusable components for easily scalable and modular code
- Hand-code efficient, semantic, and standards-compliant JavaScript
- Work effectively with other Front End Developers, Back End Developers, Product Managers, and Designers, as well as Awardco key stakeholders to build user interfaces
- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of our systems and processes
What you will bring:
- Currently a Junior or Senior pursuing a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- Familiarity working with HTML/CSS/JS
- Individual Contributor having strong knowledge and hands-on Experience using a Javascript framework such as React, Vue, or Angular
- Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality interactive user interfaces
- Ability to understand and implement documentation
Starting Pay
- $25/hr
Why join Awardco?
- We have a revolutionary, client-approved product.
- One of the fastest growing companies in the nation: 3x Inc. 500, 2x Deloitte Technology Fast 500, 2x Mountain West Capital Network Fast 100, 3x Fast 50 (Utah Business), and 3x UV50 Fastest Growing Companies (BusinessQ), to name just a few.
- Great Place to Work certified, ranked in Inc. Best Workplaces, one of the Best and Brightest companies to work for, and ranked on the Salt Lake Tribune's Top Workplaces.
- Backed by renowned investors, both local and national.
Awardco is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Disclaimer: Please be aware that all official communication regarding your application will only come from an email address ending in @awardco.com. If you receive any communication from a different domain, it may be fraudulent, and we encourage you to report it.
Skills
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Basics
First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV, Cover Letter
Short answers (2)
- LinkedIn URL optional
- Our target start date is in April or May 2027. How long would you like this internship to last? Please provide a start-date and end-date.
Pick from a list (5)
- Awardco does not offer sponsorship to employees. Will you be needing sponsorship now or in the future?
- Are you pursuing a 4-year bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent?
- This is a full-time summer in-office position. The working hours would be 9am-5pm. Would you be willing to commute to our Lindon, Utah office?
- We have multiple engineering internships open at the moment. Is this the position that most aligns with your career goals?
- The hourly rate for this role is $25/hr. Does this meet your expectations?
Written answers (2)
- How did you hear about Awardco?
- Why are you interested in applying specifically for this front-end internship?