Android Developer Intern
Company Summary
EchoStar builds solutions that help families and communities stay connected. We’ll launch your career and empower you to change lives.
Our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV. We serve millions of customers with offerings ranging from satellite to streaming services and global to personal networking solutions.
Department Summary
At EchoStar, hard work is rewarded with limitless opportunities. We’re looking at more than your education and previous work experience, we want individuals who are bright, energetic and ambitious. We believe the critical thinking skills you learn in college can be applied across a variety of business functions, regardless of your major. The opportunities at EchoStar will provide you with a potential fast track for career advancement.
Our internship program is designed to give you comprehensive experience in the fast-paced world of wireless and technology industries. With hands-on field experience and business projects, you will get an in-depth look at how our business works and where you fit into it. Help us build our brand while we help you build yours.
Our interns partner with teams across EchoStar working to drive our latest game-changing innovation. Our internship is a 10 week, in-person experience that is paid hourly with eligible overtime. Interns are given a business project(s) to complete over the summer and present their results to leadership and their peers. EchoStar provides each intern with a manager to support them with the execution of their project.
All opportunities are located in Denver, CO unless otherwise stated.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
This Android Developer Intern will be working within the Retail Wireless team in our Grand Central office located in Denver, CO. You will be working in a collaborative and fast-paced environment spanning the Retail Wireless team.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
- Designing and implementing android native and hybrid mobile applications which will be utilized by millions of users in our retail wireless business
- Exercising your technical expertise and communication as you work and share information on the solution with technical and business teams
- Working with other android developers to build out modern and best in class mobile applications
- Designing and implementing the backend services to drive the app functionality
- Deploying and supporting the apps that your project will deliver to ensure the optimal customer experience
- Solve complex business problems while ensuring the product is highly scalable, secure, and performant
Skills, Experience and Requirements
Education and Experience:
- GPA 3.3 or above
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate program, a graduate program, or a related field of study
- Must have 60 credit hours completed by May 2026
Skills and Qualifications:
- Successful completion of a pre-employment screen including a reference check, criminal background check, and possible drug test
- Computer Science major
- Computer Science Prototype and build innovative features using the newest APIs and SDKs on the Android platform
- Top-notch programming skills in an object-oriented language like Java and Kotlin
- Write Unit & UI tests, set up dashboards and alerting, uncover and fix bugs, crashes, and other issues, in order to ensure a robust app
- Experience with native mobile application development in iOS using Objective C/Swift
- Solid development level testing experience through TDD and automated testing pipelines
- Experience building preloaded mobile applications on devices
- MNO/MVNO experience
Visa sponsorship not available for this role