About this role
Experience GuideStone! We are an innovative organization that invests in the spiritual, relational, financial, physical and professional development of our employees. We have a culture that values excellence, teamwork, humility, integrity, compassion and stewardship.
What We Offer You! We offer employees a generous benefits package, flexible work schedules, the opportunity to be involved in community outreach and tuition reimbursement.
The Summer Intern – Software Developer will report to and work within the Software Development department. The role includes training and hands-on experience as a full-stack professional software developer. As a full-stack developer, you will develop, enhance, maintain, and support our codebase of custom applications and interfaces to third-party vendor products. Work will be completed in both team and individual settings. Candidates must have permanent U.S. work authorization; we do not sponsor employment visas or accept students on a student visa. What you will do:
• Train as a full-stack professional software developer. Your training will be a blend of videos, reading, researching, coding exercises, and completing an initial project.
• After training is completed, you will be assigned projects pulled from various Scrum Team’s backlogs.
• The work will primarily be web application development using Microsoft tools and frameworks deployed to Azure (Microsoft’s cloud). You can expect to work in C#, Razor, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, MVC, WebForms, SQL, and Git. The tools you will use are Visual Studio for application development, SQL Server Management Studio for SQL coding, and Azure Pipelines for CI/CD.
• Follow standards for each of the programming languages you use.
• Apply software patterns and best practices to write code and automated tests.
• Utilize Azure for CI/CD, searching code repositories, updating release variables, and researching issues.
• Submit Pull Requests (PR) for changes you make to code. Your PRs will be reviewed for completeness, accuracy, and adherence to standards.
• Meet regularly with your manager to provide updates on your progress.
• Learn various parts of GuideStone’s business.
• Document learnings in markdown. What you will need:
• Candidates must have permanent U.S. work authorization; we do not sponsor employment visas or accept candidates on student visas (e.g., F-1, CPT, OPT).
• Must be a student in a Computer Science or Management of Information Systems (BS) degree program.
• Must be a current student throughout the duration of the intern program.
• Students in their senior year (expected graduation by August or December 2027) are preferred.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0 required.
• Completed at least one programming class or provided evidence of completed projects (multiple) in one programming language.
• Strong culture fit with GuideStone.
• Desire to continuously learn.
• Generally curious with an emphasis in technology and learning.
• Work well independently and within a team.
• Enthusiasm for working in Microsoft technologies.
• Enjoy problem solving.
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