2027 Summer Intern: Platforms Engineer

Charter CommunicationsGreenwood Village, ColoradoOn-siteInternshipListed 2 weeks ago

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About this role

Job Summary

At a Glance

- You’re a motivated student with a current 3.0 GPA or higher currently pursuing a degree in one of the following areas from an accredited college or university:

Computer Science, Engineering Technology Management, Information Technology

- This is a paid, full-time, 11-week internship designed to give you real-world experience and meaningful exposure to the telecommunications industry in your chosen field.

- Internship program runs from May 26 through August 6, 2027.

- In addition to role-specific projects, you’ll take part in professional development sessions, networking opportunities, mentorship and experiences that help you grow personally and professionally.

The Spectrum Internship Experience As part of America’s Connectivity Company®, you’ll join a team that serves millions of customers and communities nationwide, while gaining valuable insight into the work that powers connection every day.

Throughout the summer, you’ll contribute to meaningful work, strengthen your skills and have opportunities to:

- Grow your skills in a dynamic, innovative business environment.

- Build connections with team members and senior leaders who can help you better understand our business and what it’s like to work here.

- Learn from a mentor, who can provide guidance, support and career advice.

Responsibilities

What you can expect in this role

As a Spectrum intern, you’ll spend the summer working alongside two teams: your respective department and your intern cohort.

Department and team-focused projects account for about 80% of your schedule. You’ll spend the other 20% on internship experiences that include a kickoff conference, professional development sessions and networking activities, webinars, community service, cross-functional projects and final presentations.

This experience is designed to help you explore your interests, expand your network and leave with a deeper understanding of both your field and the impact of our business.

Internship responsibilities may include:

- The SpectrumGPT Platform Engineering Intern supports the platform team in building and operating the self-service infrastructure that enables teams across Charter to develop and deploy AI agent systems. This position contributes to multi-cloud platform capabilities spanning AWS, Azure, and GCP, supporting the tooling, automation, and developer experience that allow internal teams to bring agentic AI applications from prototype to production.

- Develop and maintain Terraform modules that enable teams to provision AI infrastructure (model endpoints, agent runtimes, vector databases) on the SpectrumGPT EKS cluster through self-@service workflows -@ Build and extend CI/CD pipeline components in GitLab CI that automate the Build, test, and deployment of AI agent services across the platform - Develop application code (Python) for internal tooling that allows teams to configure, manage, and monitor their deployed AI systems, including service registration, environment configuration, and health dashboards -@ Write integration code connecting self-@service platform components with underlying cloud services (AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, GCP Vertex AI) and internal systems (AI Gateway, MCP Registry) - Participate in code reviews, Write automated tests for infrastructure and application code, and document platform capabilities for consuming teams - Troubleshoot deployment issues, support onboarding teams with infrastructure questions, and contribute to runbooks and operational documentation

Qualifications

Required qualifications

- Must be a rising senior with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and May 2028

- Must be currently enrolled in an accredited College or University completing a bachelor’s degree

- Must have at least a 3.0 GPA or greater in current program

- Ability to travel locally to Spectrum intern development events and activities throughout the program

- Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions or need for future sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

- Programming, shell scripting, containerization, git, CICD, cloud basics