Software Engineering Internship

CodeHS Software Engineering Internship Application (Summer 2026)

About CodeHS

CodeHS is a comprehensive platform helping K-12 schools teach computer science. We provide curriculum, professional development, and a full software platform. CodeHS is used by millions of students and thousands of schools and districts around the US and the world. 

Mission

We believe that in the 21st century, coding is a foundational skill, just like reading and writing. That’s why we say: Coding and computer science are essential skills for students to learn and schools to teach.

Want to help teach people all over the world how to code? At CodeHS, we’re making it possible for students all over the world to learn skills for the jobs of the future and have fun in the process.

We’re looking for someone who is excited about programming and teaching programming. We want someone who is creative, a good communicator, and excited about problem solving.
 

Details

Experience with Python, Django, JavaScript is helpful, but it's about knowing how to program, not knowing a specific language.

You are interested in helping to build creative computer science curriculum You are excited about using AI Agents to assist development

You are pursuing a Computer Science or related major.

Priority given to rising seniors

Benefits

Gain valuable experience by contributing code to a live codebase

Our interns work on real projects that will be launched to real customers

Great in-person internship experience where you get to work next to full time engineers and learn from them daily

Help educate students all over the country and the world

Learn what it's like to work at a startup.

Timeline

Deadline to Apply by 2/1/2026

Decisions on interviews and interviews will be throughout February and March

Final internship decisions in April

We've been lucky to have an amazing group of interns over the past few years. Some of our previous summer interns wrote about what it was like to intern at CodeHS, which you can read about here:

https://codehs.com/blog/the-internship-javascript-from-the-bottom-up-381cc8c7aa8b https://codehs.com/blog/the-internship-freedom-to-explore-4e5f17d18fb8 https://codehs.com/blog/from-codehs-student-to-codehs-intern-meet-genna-9378e2389862 https://codehs.com/blog/from-codehs-student-to-intern-a1a45e18644c

Watch this video to learn more about the Summer 2024 Internship experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Cz-CcSn_0 Several of our interns have become full time employees at CodeHS.
 

The pay for this role is: 60,000.00 USD per year (Chicago Office)

CodeHS is an equal opportunity employer. CodeHS maintains a drug-free workplace.