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Software Developer Co-Op 2026 Lowell

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Introduction

As a Software Developer Co-Op, you’ll gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects that impact users globally. You’ll collaborate with designers and developers to build responsive, elegant, and user-friendly applications using modern web technologies.

Your Role And Responsibilities

You will:

Participate in Agile development cycles: design, code, test, and support.

Translate wire-frames into functional user interfaces.

Learn and apply best practices in software development testing and debugging.

Work with APIs, databases, and cloud-based services.

Who You Are

Curious, motivated, and eager to learn new technologies.

A team player with strong communication and collaboration skills.

Comfortable with debugging, problem-solving, and adapting to new challenges.

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

Required education

Must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program majoring in Computer Science or related field

Must be eligible and available for an in-person, full-time co-op (40h/week) between January 2026 and June 2026

Required technical and professional expertise

Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and UI frameworks (React, Angular, Vue).

Basic knowledge of backend technologies: Node.js, Java, Python, SQL.

Understanding of software development tools (Git, IDEs) and version control.

Exposure to automation testing frameworks and APIs.

Awareness of operating systems, container technologies, and cloud platforms

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Experience with cloud platforms (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure).

Contributions to open-source projects.

Familiarity with Agile tools and methodologies.

Linux or Unix based OS

Any one modern programming language like GO, NodeJS, JavaScript, Python

Integrated development environments (e.g.: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code)

Familiarity with Source control management (e.g. Git): to enable teams to work together to manage changes to source code

Knowledge of containers, containers orchestration software, cloud platforms.

Knowledge of SQL and relational database technology (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, Db2, Oracle, SQL Server)

Knowledge of automating infrastructure, testing, and deployments using tools like Jenkins, Puppeteer, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or any other automation framework

Knowledge of Deployment tools like Jenkins, Travis: for ensuring the latest software release is packaged correctly, tested, and deployed to an application server.

Development experience with REST API development

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Requirements

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