2026 Launch Program Associate Software Engineer Intern | RVPR

This role is not open to visa sponsorship or transfer of visa sponsorship including those on H1-B F-1 OPT STEM-OPT or TN visa nor is it available to work corp-to-corp.

Skip the entry-level grunt-work and start making a real impact on Day 1. As part of the Red Ventures Launch program internship youll find unparalleled opportunities to gain exposure to the role and learn what its like to work at RV over the 10-week summer internship period with the goal of getting a full-time return offer for the following summer.

Youll start with a large cohort of interns who will be your community as you navigate the RV internship environment together. You will experience in-depth onboarding and extended training to help you learn the ropes accelerate your growth and further hone your skills. After getting ramped up you will join your assigned RV team meet your manager and mentor and gain hands-on industry experience to invest in your career growth. Interns will also get the chance to get to know the Charlotte area and the RV culture through engagement events and social impact opportunities.

The Launch Program internship is NOT a chance to sit on the sidelines to learn how we do things. Its your chance to dive in headfirst and take advantage of a 10-week vision into the work we do learn from our top mentors and get a jump start into your Red Ventures career while still in school.

What Youll Do:

• Associate Software Engineers at Red Ventures drive the growth and development of customer-facing websites social API integrations and proprietary digital marketing technologies.
• Youll collaborate with our award-winning teams to implement test and improve our products while ensuring top quality and consistency across various applications within our platform.
• Design build and maintain tools and systems to be used by millions of customers around the globe.

What Were Looking For:

• Graduating Summer 2027 with a relevant undergraduate degree such as (but not limited to) business data analytics math statistics economics finance or a combination of these.
• Internship start date in our June 2026 cohort.
• Recent hands-on experience in software design and backend coding (internships work experience or side projects highly preferred)
• Previous experience with automated build and unit-testing platforms
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong business acumen and capability of coming up with creative ideas to create value for consumers and businesses.
• Strong grit and learning mentality when faced with challenging projects unfamiliar technology and ambiguous business problems.
• Willingness to innovate by exercising discernment sound judgment problem-solving skills and creativity using limited information.
• A demonstrated track record of success academically or in prior internships with experience proactively taking ownership of important projects.
• Ability to architect and develop web-based applications and components for high-traffic consumer-facing websites
• Experience with top web languages (Python Java Golang React JavaScript C#)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Scrappy tenacious and self-motivated
• BUT - also a team player with no ego a competitive spirit and great sense of humor
• Passionate about working in a dynamic fast-paced performance-driven environment
• A steady desire and commitment to get better every day
• Great sense of humor (yes its worth saying twice)

Who We Are

Founded in 2000 Red Ventures (RV) is home to a diverse portfolio of industry-leading brands and businesses strategic partnerships and proprietary technology including Bankrate Lonely Planet The Points Guy BestColleges and more. Together RV helps millions of people worldwide make lifes most important decisions accelerates digital adaptation and innovates the online consumer experience by improving every step of the consumer journey from first discovery of information throughout the decision-making process to transactions. Headquartered south of Charlotte NC Red Ventures employs thousands of people across the US and Puerto Rico with international offices in the UK and Brazil. For more information visit and follow @RedVentures on social platforms.

At Red Ventures we believe diverse inclusive teams are better. To help you better understand our core values and beliefs we encourage you to watch this brief YouTube video: Our Belief Statements. This will give you insight into the principles that guide our work and our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment.

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees including medical dental and vision coverage paid time off life insurance disability coverage employee assistance program 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program.

Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race creed color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity/expression national origin disability age genetic information veteran status marital status pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a persons merit and qualifications.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. This includes providing reasonable accommodation where appropriate. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the job application or interview process please contact

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