Full Stack Software Engineering Intern

Gecko Robotics is helping the worlds most important organizations ensure the availability reliability and sustainability of critical infrastructure. Geckos complete and connected solutions combine wall-climbing robots industry-leading sensors and an AI-powered data platform to provide customerswith a unique window into the current and future health of their physical assets. This enables real-time decision making to increase the efficiency and safety of operations promote mission readiness and protect the environment and civilization from the effects of infrastructure failure.

Role at a Glance

Gecko Robotics is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineering Intern to join our Engineering team in New York for Summer 2027. This is a full-time onsite internship Monday through Friday.

Geckos Engineering teams build customer-facing applications that turn robot sensor and document data into decisions about the health of critical infrastructure. You will work across the stack on a defined project: building frontend workflows backend services and data pipelines that make complex asset data usable by the people who maintain it. You will ship real features into a product that customers already rely on with clear direction from a mentor and the room to own your piece of it.

Due to government program requirements candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

What you will do

• Own a scoped full-stack project from design through deployment under the guidance of experienced engineers.

• Build user-facing features in React and TypeScript that support real operational workflows.

• Develop backend APIs and services in Python that ingest transform and serve structured and unstructured data.

• Design data models and schemas and write the logic that parses associates and validates data from multiple sources.

• Use version control code review testing and structured debugging to produce maintainable code.

• Collaborate with engineers product managers and Forward Deployment Engineers to understand how customers use the product with the option to travel to a customer site during the summer.

• Present your project results and recommended next steps at the end of the internship.

Technologies We Use

React TypeScript Python PostgreSQL REST APIs Git Linux and cloud infrastructure (GCP). Depending on the project you may also work with LLM APIs and data-processing pipelines 3D visualization or containerized deployments. The specific tools will depend on the assigned project.

About You

You are a builder who likes seeing your work used. You are comfortable moving between frontend and backend you break large problems into shippable pieces and you communicate clearly about what you built what you learned and what you would do next.

Required Skills

• Currently pursuing a bachelors or masters degree in computer science software engineering or a related technical discipline with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and May 2028.

• Ability to work onsite in New York Monday through Friday for the full Summer 2027 internship.

• Foundational programming experience in Python and JavaScript or TypeScript including object-oriented or functional programming concepts.

• Experience building a web application end to end (frontend and backend) through coursework projects research hackathons or a prior internship.

• Working familiarity with Git or similar version control systems.

• Understanding of relational databases and REST APIs.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to document technical work explain tradeoffs and collaborate on ambiguous problems.

• Ability to independently close knowledge gaps stay organized and learn from feedback.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with React and TypeScript in a real project.

• Experience designing data schemas or working with messy real-world datasets.

• Exposure to cloud infrastructure preferably GCP and to containers such as Docker.

• Exposure to integrating LLM or other AI APIs into an application.

• Interest in 3D visualization or spatial data.

• Interest in industrial defense or infrastructure applications where reliability matters.

At Gecko our people are our greatest addition to competitive compensation packages we offer company equity 401(k) matching gender-neutral parental leave full medical dental and vision insurance mental health ongoing professional development family planning assistance and flexible paid time off.

Gecko values collaboration innovation and partnership and we believe we do our best work when were together in person. Were an office-first culture but understand that sometimes you may need to work from home. Many people are in the office five days a week others need a bit moreflexibility. Ultimately we care about the outcomes we achieve - and creating a culture of autonomy and trust that enables that impact.

Gecko is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe it is our collective responsibility to uphold these values and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to join us in our mission to protect todays infrastructure and give form to tomorrows. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race color creed religion sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin disability uniform service veteran status age or any other protected characteristic per federal state or local law. If you are passionate about what you do and want to use your talents to support our critical mission wed love to hear from you.

Required Experience:

Intern