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Quality Engineering and Automation Intern

SupplyBistro
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 Quality Engineering & Automation Intern

*SupplyBistro | Internship*

## About SupplyBistro

SupplyBistro is a technology startup building the *data, commerce, and operating platform for the food economy*. Our platform combines SaaS, e-commerce, B2B marketplaces, data, AI, procurement, order management, and supply-chain operations into an integrated platform for food businesses.

Our interns work directly with a live technology platform and participate in the Agile/Scrum processes used to design, build, test, release, and improve our software.

## The Opportunity

The *Quality Engineering & Automation Intern* helps SupplyBistro improve not just whether software is tested, but *how quality is engineered throughout the software-development lifecycle*.

This role goes beyond traditional test execution. You will work across quality planning, test design, automation, test data, defect prevention, root-cause analysis, process improvement, quality controls, and engineering practices that help teams build better software earlier.

Hands-on testing is part of the role, but it is *secondary to building and improving SupplyBistro's overall quality capability*.

This is a strong opportunity for a student interested in the intersection of *software engineering, quality engineering, automation, product development, data, and DevSecOps*.

## What You'll Do

* *Engineer quality into the SDLC* — Help identify where quality checks, standards, and controls should occur from requirements through production.
* *Design QA approaches* — Determine how features should be validated and what combination of functional, integration, regression, API, data, and other testing techniques should be used.
* *Improve QA processes* — Identify weaknesses in current testing practices and help design repeatable processes that improve quality and reduce rework.
* *Develop test automation* — Help identify appropriate automation candidates and build or improve automated testing using tools such as Selenium and related technologies.
* *Improve testability* — Work with developers and product analysts to make requirements, acceptance criteria, system behavior, and technical implementations easier to validate.
* *Design preventative quality controls* — Look beyond finding defects to determine how similar defects can be prevented from occurring again.
* *Perform root-cause analysis* — Examine patterns in defects and failures to identify underlying process, requirements, design, development, or testing issues.
* *Develop and manage test data* — Help establish reusable, reliable test-data strategies across different business scenarios and environments.
* *Expand technical testing* — Use APIs, databases, Django Admin, browser development tools, logs, and other system interfaces to validate behavior beyond the user interface.
* *Support regression strategy* — Help identify critical workflows and establish effective regression coverage as the platform grows.
* *Measure quality* — Help develop meaningful quality metrics, defect trends, coverage measures, and other indicators that can guide engineering decisions.
* *Apply AI to quality engineering* — Explore responsible use of AI for generating test scenarios, analyzing requirements, identifying coverage gaps, accelerating automation, and improving QA productivity.
* *Collaborate across engineering* — Work closely with full-stack developers, Product Analysts, DevSecOps, Scrum/PMO, and Software Testing interns.
* *Perform targeted testing* — Execute tests when necessary to investigate complex scenarios, validate new approaches, assess risk, or support the broader QA effort.

## What You'll Learn

You will gain exposure to a broad quality-engineering discipline, including:

* Quality engineering principles
* Software test strategy
* Test automation
* Functional and regression testing
* API and integration testing
* Grey-box testing
* Database and backend validation
* Test-data architecture and management
* Root-cause analysis
* Defect prevention
* Quality metrics and analytics
* Agile and Scrum development
* CI/CD and quality gates
* Requirements and acceptance-criteria analysis
* Risk-based testing
* AI-assisted quality engineering
* Collaboration across Product, Engineering, QA, and DevSecOps

You will also see how quality decisions affect a software product as it progresses from idea through development, testing, deployment, and production use.

## Who We're Looking For

You may be a strong fit if you:

* Enjoy understanding *why systems fail*, not simply identifying that they failed
* Think analytically and systematically about problems
* Are interested in software architecture and how different system components interact
* Can translate requirements into structured validation approaches
* Enjoy improving processes and finding more efficient ways to work
* Are interested in test automation or software development
* Are comfortable working with data and technical tools
* Communicate clearly with both technical and business team members
* Are curious about using AI to improve software engineering and QA

## Technical Background

You do not need to know every technology listed below, but some prior exposure to software development or technical coursework is preferred.

Relevant experience may include:

* Python or another programming language
* Web application development
* APIs
* SQL or relational databases
* Git/GitHub
* Selenium or another automation framework
* Browser development tools
* Software testing
* CI/CD concepts
* Django or other web frameworks

The ability and willingness to learn are more important than experience with a specific tool.

## Ideal Academic Backgrounds

This role may be especially relevant to students studying:

* Computer Science
* Software Engineering
* Cybersecurity
* Information Technology
* Information Systems
* Computer Engineering
* Data Science
* Engineering
* Human-Computer Interaction

Students at different academic levels are encouraged to apply when their coursework, projects, or personal experience demonstrate relevant technical curiosity.

## What Makes This Internship Different

This is not primarily a manual testing position.

You will have the opportunity to think about *quality as an engineering problem*: how defects can be prevented, how testing can become more automated and systematic, how teams can receive earlier feedback, and how a growing software company can build a scalable quality practice.

Your work may influence the processes, tools, automation, standards, and quality controls used by future SupplyBistro engineering teams.

## Internship Structure

This is an *unpaid learning opportunity* designed for students and early-career professionals seeking practical experience working with a growing technology company.

We recognize that interns are students first. *School comes first*, and we work to structure internship responsibilities around academic commitments whenever possible.

SupplyBistro internships emphasize hands-on learning, mentorship, real project experience, and meaningful participation in professional software-development practices.