Engineering Intern Program at Kentik
Summary
At Kentik, our 12-week Engineering Intern Program gives aspiring tech talent hands-on experience, working on real projects with guidance from dedicated mentors. Beginning with an exciting in-person kickoff and transitioning into a remote program, interns build skills that shape future careers.
At Kentik, we strive to give everyone an opportunity to impact our business meaningfully. Our engineering internship program places each intern with a mentor and integrates them into real, production-destined projects.
We want our interns to be able to walk away with skills and experience they can immediately apply to their careers after they finish school.
Overview
Our program is a 12-week impactful learning experience. Interns work on production code, and are integrated with our team to solve real problems. We have a dedicated mentor for each intern, which gives them a chance to work directly with an engineer on our team and receive regular feedback on their work. They collaborate with product managers and designers as well.
Kentik is a fully remote company — but we were able to have an in-person kickoff in Atlanta with all of the interns, mentors, and a few engineering leaders!
Key takeaways
We were fortunate to have 5 wonderful interns during our Summer 2023 program!
Here are some of their thoughts to the question: What are you going to take away from the internship, or what skills did you improve over the summer?
“You will learn to work in a fast-paced online environment, and you will gain access to a community of knowledgeable people who are open to helping you grow. You will improve your technical skills, and you will probably realize you are capable of more than you imagined! Like most learning experiences, what you gain will depend on the effort you put in, but there is no shortage of opportunities here at Kentik.” - Aditi
“I got to research and implement a totally new technical tool during my internship, and I can now confidently add AI-based tool development to my developer toolbox. This is something I am absolutely going to pursue further in my future career, and I am grateful for the opportunity to have explored that technology at Kentik.” - Jon
“The key takeaway was developing a strong foundation for working in a fast-paced, agile professional development environment. This experience put the skills I had learned in the classroom and through independent study to the test in a collaborative, team-based setting. It also greatly challenged my ability to quickly learn and integrate new technologies and tools into my workflow effectively.” - Alex
From interns to full-time employees!
We are thrilled that two interns from our Summer 2023 program — Aditi and Alex — have joined our team as full-time software engineers on our product engineering team! Aditi joined in December 2023, and Alex joined in June 2024.
