Viasat is a global communications company on a mission to deliver connections that change the world. As a Software Engineer/Data Science Intern, you will work on innovative projects, building impactful product features and engaging with users to gather feedback for continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
Build impactful product features end‑to‑end. You’ll contribute to a modern web application used broadly inside the company, with opportunities to touch backend services, front‑end UI, and CI/CD workflows
Practice disciplined engineering. You’ll develop within a collaborative environment that emphasizes clean code, code review, and automated pipelines—skills that translate directly to professional software roles
Ship with users, not just to them. You’ll engage power users, collect feedback via lightweight research (surveys/focus groups), and iterate quickly so features solve real problems
Build & implement features in a modern web stack, collaborating on APIs, data models, and UI with an emphasis on clarity and maintainability
Collect and synthesize user feedback by helping to compose and conduct surveys and focus groups, analyzing responses, and sharing insights that advise feature improvements and prioritization
Develop, test, and refine code as part of an active development cycle—writing small, incremental changes, fixing bugs, improving existing functionality, and validating changes through local testing
Contribute to quality—participate in code reviews and ship via CI/CD, learning how changes move safely from development to production users
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree or higher in data science, applied mathematics, computer science, computer engineering, physics or related field
Final graduation date must fall between December 2026 and August 2027
Must be available to work 40 hours/week for the full duration of the internship program
This position requires U.S. citizenship
Experience working with large language models web application development
Experience with software development in Python and Javascript
Preferred
Pursuing an MS/PhD in a data‑related field (applied mathematics, computer science/engineering, physics, or similar)
Curiosity about full stack development and modern build tools and pipelines
Passion towards user‑centric product development
An attitude for raising the bar: clean code, thoughtful defaults, and an eye for making sophisticated workflows feel simple and reliable in production
Benefits
Housing and relocation assistance are available to interns pending eligibility.
Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered.
Viasat is a global communications company that offers satellite services.
