Students + Startups Internship Program
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Rhombus Research: Software Engineering Intern
Brief overview
Remote
UndergradOr in progress
$6k/wkStated minimum
ReactTypeScriptGitAPI DesignCodebase Knowledge
About the company
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Students + Startups is a 10-week summer internship program that serves as the bridge between top talent and career advancing opportunities in San Antonio, Texas.
Job description
Summary
Rhombus Research is an independent research lab building coordination and accountability systems for autonomous infrastructure. The Software Engineering Intern will help design, implement, and test a public API for the Reptile simulation engine, including endpoints, data contracts, tests, examples, and developer documentation.
Responsibilities
- Design an API interface alongside Rhombus Research
- Implementing API endpoints and data contracts
- Writing the test suite: unit tests, integration tests, and validation against malformed input
- Building reference examples that demonstrate how an outside user would use the API
- Writing developer documentation, including a getting-started guide and API reference
- Identifying gaps and inconsistencies in the design
Skills
- Proficiency in React and TypeScript
- Comfort with Git and collaborative development
- Ability to read an existing codebase and work within its conventions
- Clear written communication, since documentation is part of the job
- Three.js or react-three-fiber
- Experience working with LLM APIs
- Experience writing tests, any framework
- Interest in autonomous vehicles, swarm systems, or infrastructure
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Proficiency in React and TypeScript
- Comfort with Git and collaborative development
- Ability to read an existing codebase and work within its conventions
- Clear written communication, since documentation is part of the job
Nice to Haves
- Three.js or react-three-fiber
- Experience working with LLM APIs
- Experience writing tests, any framework
- Interest in autonomous vehicles, swarm systems, or infrastructure
Benefits
- A portfolio project: A shipped, documented public API with your name in the commit history.
- Founder mentorship: Direct collaboration with the founder, including structured weekly one-on-ones and daily communication as needed.
- Hands-on domain experience: Practical work across simulation engineering, API design, and developer tooling.
- A $6,000 stipend for the 10-week summer term.
- Housing support and onboarding handled by the Students + Startups program.
- Remote work with occasional in-person collaboration in San Antonio.
