IS Internship - IT Ecommerce & Marketing Developer

Summary

SpartanNash is a food solutions company operating across wholesale grocery distribution, retail, and digital commerce. The IS Intern will support ecommerce and digital marketing initiatives across web, mobile, digital loyalty, and marketing technology platforms while contributing to application development, testing, monitoring, reporting, and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Assist in daily operations and administrative tasks within the assigned department
• Support the preparation of presentations, reports, and other documentation
• Collaborate with team members to improve processes and enhance efficiency
• Attend meetings, take notes, and contribute ideas and insights
• Aid in further enhancing department tools, templates and methodologies
• Gain exposure and knowledge on department functionalities
• Develop positive professional relationships across departments
• Complete special projects as assigned by your manager
• Complete an end-of-internship presentation to showcase the completion of learning objectives
• Support the delivery of digital commerce initiatives across web, mobile, digital loyalty, and marketing technology platforms
• Assist with requirements gathering, documentation, user story creation, and solution design activities
• Participate in testing activities, including test case creation, execution, defect tracking, and validation of enhancements
• Develop, modify, or troubleshoot application components using modern technologies such as ReactJS, React Native, Node.js, APIs, and GCP services
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams through agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
• Assist with application monitoring, issue resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Support ecommerce and digital marketing projects focused on improving customer experience and business performance
• Contribute to automation, reporting, and operational processes that improve team efficiency
• Participate in innovation initiatives and emerging technology exploration related to digital commerce and as a part of your capstone project

Skills

• Are currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree program from an accredited college or university
• Will have completed their Sophomore year by the start of the internship
• Currently majoring in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Business Administration (Technology or Digital Business focus), Marketing (Digital Marketing, or Food Marketing with Marketing Technology focus)
• Interest in ecommerce, digital products, and retail customer experience
• Have proficiency in Microsoft Excel (required)
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Demonstrate strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Able to work both independently and collaboratively
• Are organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities
• Bring curiosity, initiative and willingness to learn and contribute
• Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with C&S Wholesale Grocers (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT/CPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status)
• In good academic standing, with a preferred minimum GPA of 3.0
• Development experience preferred (React, React Native, Typespec, Node, APIs, Github Copilot)
• Proficient with Google's suite of products preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Are currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree program from an accredited college or university
• Will have completed their Sophomore year by the start of the internship
• Currently majoring in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Business Administration (Technology or Digital Business focus), Marketing (Digital Marketing, or Food Marketing with Marketing Technology focus)
• Interest in ecommerce, digital products, and retail customer experience
• Have proficiency in Microsoft Excel (required)
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Demonstrate strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Able to work both independently and collaboratively
• Are organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities
• Bring curiosity, initiative and willingness to learn and contribute
• Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with C&S Wholesale Grocers (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT/CPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status)

Nice to Haves

• In good academic standing, with a preferred minimum GPA of 3.0
• Development experience preferred (React, React Native, Typespec, Node, APIs, Github Copilot)
• Proficient with Google's suite of products preferred

Benefits

• Meaningful, hands-on work experience tied to your course of study
• Opportunities for professional development through online courses and instructor-led workshops
• Dedicated mentor and buddy support to enhance your experience and provide shadowing opportunities
• Social events and team-building activities and experiences with fellow interns
• Networking opportunities with managers and leaders across the organization
• Paid internship
• Open to hybrid or remote work arrangement