Intern - Web Developer

About MarketBeat

MarketBeat empowers individual investors to make better trading decisions by providing real-time financial data and objective market analysis through MarketBeat.com and other various website brands, mobile application, and e-mail newsletters. With 3+ million subscribers, MarketBeat is the largest digital media company in the Dakotas, and frequently has over 1M page views per day across the multi-site network.

MarketBeat is a small, but mighty team that is hardworking, and enjoys having fun and giving back to the community. MarketBeat supports a working environment that allows flexibility and fosters teamwork.

Learn more about MarketBeat here.

Job Summary

This unique opportunity is open to students pursuing a career in software development. As a MarketBeat intern, you will join a fast-paced team of five developers that innovates on the fly in rapid development sprints and is responsible for achieving the Company’s digital business goals through developing new and enhancing existing investment research tools and overall presentation within our growing suite of financial service web platforms.

You can expect to get real world experience in developing code that will get used across our multi-site network and work on projects and tasks that align with the business needs and goals of MarketBeat. You will be exposed to each member of the development team that have a variety of skill sets to help you build solutions using both frontend and backend technologies. Throughout the internship, you will be provided the opportunity to make important connections for the future by joining the team for educational and social events. At the conclusion of your internship, you will give a short presentation on your experience.

MarketBeat uses a Microsoft technology stack, including ASP.NET, C#, and SQL Server.

Responsibilities

• Utilizing web user interface best practices, cross-browser compatibility, and general web standards, develop code for MarketBeat.com and other Company owned websites.
• Provide suggestions and implement ongoing developments and enhancements to websites.
• Other duties as assigned based on the candidate’s existing skill sets, as outlined below.
• Attend MarketBeat staff meetings (bi-weekly) in person.

Qualifications, Skills, and Requirements

• Student returning to school for the Fall 2023 semester as a Junior or Senior and pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science or related.
• Ideally, the student will have completed the following coursework prior to internship: Computer Science II, Fundamentals of Database Processing, and Web Programming.
• Experience with front-end development and comfortable with detailed UIX work
• Experience with data visualization using 3rd party solutions, preferred
• Ability to use data analytics to build new and innovative solutions, preferred
• Platform optimization and scalability experience, preferred
• Must be a good self-manager and able to work independently, with direct access to the development team further guidance when needed.
• Must have a strong attention to detail.
• Must live within 75 miles of Sioux Falls, SD.
• Ability to provide code example from previous projects for MB staff review.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.