ITHAKA’s mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. Our services — Artstor, JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R — enable people everywhere to learn, to grow, and to overcome historical barriers to education. In carrying out our mission, as employees we feel a deep responsibility to each other and our well-being, and are committed to building and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
This internship is partially funded by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and aims to support employers, such as ITHAKA, in offering opportunities to individuals with a connection to Michigan. This could include those attending a college or university in the state, residing in Michigan, or having personal ties to the area. It is designed to provide students in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) fields with meaningful, hands-on experience within Michigan.
The Role
The Blueprint Team is a dynamic part of our Platform Engineering department, where we design, build, and maintain the foundational infrastructure that powers the entire organization. We enable teams to deliver innovative products efficiently, securely, and at scale, making a direct impact on ITHAKA’s success.
As a Software Engineering Intern on the Blueprint Team, you will:
- Build Reusable Solutions: Contribute to tools and libraries that help teams work autonomously, fostering innovation and efficiency across the platform.
- Identify & Resolve Friction Points: Participate in streamlining the development lifecycle, implementing modern solutions to eliminate inefficiencies.
- Work Across the Stack: Gain hands-on experience in a wide array of languages, frameworks, and technologies integral to ITHAKA’s web architecture such as our Micro Frontend Architecture.
- Collaborate & Innovate: Work alongside talented engineers, learning the ins and outs of maintaining a scalable and cohesive platform that supports thousands of users daily.
Our primary tech stack:
- Languages: JavaScript/TypeScript, Python
- Frameworks: NodeJS, Fastify, Vue, React
- Tools/platforms: Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI, AWS
This internship spans a period of 12 weeks, beginning on June 2, 2025. To be considered for this opportunity, you must have a connection to Michigan. This could include those attending a college or university in the state, residing in Michigan, or having personal ties to the area. Please ensure your application is submitted by the deadline of February 7, 2025.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with full-time engineers to write software and develop solutions enabling other engineers at ITHAKA to deliver the software powering JSTOR faster and safer.
- Actively participate in Agile ceremonies to plan and retrospect on sprints as well as daily standup meetings.
- Adopt a problem-solving mindset to work collaboratively on overcoming technical challenges.
Experience and Skills
- 2+ years in related degree program
- Willingness and ability to learn new technologies and approaches to software development
- Experience with at least one high-level programming language (eg: JavaScript, Python, Java, C++)
- Bonus:
- Experience with at least one frontend framework (eg: React, Vue, etc.)
- Familiarity with Docker, K8s, CI/CD pipelines
Work Authorization and Sponsorship
ITHAKA is not currently considering candidates who require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States.
Compensation
At ITHAKA we believe in openness and equity. Part of living those values is our commitment to clarity about salary ranges, so candidates know what to expect. The pay for this position is $20.00/hourly.
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We are committed to our organizational values of belonging, evidence, speed, teamwork, and trust. We take inclusion seriously. Belonging is one of our core values, and it shows in our vibrant culture. People from a wide range of backgrounds work at ITHAKA, and we believe that unique perspectives help us realize new insights and build better solutions.
We want to work with people who are passionate about ideas like these and who wish to contribute their perspectives and talents to ITHAKA’s mission. We enthusiastically welcome applications from people of all underrepresented backgrounds and credentials. We want to hear your story and include your perspective in the transformative work we aim to do.
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Although ITHAKA has physical offices in New York and Ann Arbor, Michigan, our employees are distributed across the continental United States. At this time, we’re not considering candidates who are unable to work and reside in the continental U.S.
Candidates may apply by submitting an application online through our career site, if you have any questions about your application, please contact us at [email protected]. ITHAKA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if there’s anything we can do to accommodate any portion of the application or hiring process, please contact us at [email protected].
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, domestic violence victim status, veteran status, disability, history of disability or perceived disability, or other status protected by law. We invite you to read our Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement. ITHAKA cares about your privacy, learn more about our Applicant Privacy Notice.
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What We Do
ITHAKA's mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. We started in 1995 with a simple idea: digitize the materials in university and college libraries to preserve them and make them available online to people everywhere. Today, we do that and so much more.
Our 300+ staff - everyone from software developers, designers, and editors, to quantitative analysts, human resource specialists, and marketers - work to deliver four services developed to advance our mission.
JSTOR and Artstor are digital platforms expanding access to knowledge by making thousands of books, journals, images, and primary sources available to millions of students and researchers in 170 countries.
Portico is a global archive preserving nearly 500 terabytes of digital research content for libraries and publishers to ensure it's accessible for future generations.
Ithaka S+R is a strategic consulting group providing research to help colleges, universities, and museums with challenges like enrolling more low-income students and veterans, increasing diversity in their workforce, transitioning to digital environments, improving learning outcomes and graduation rates through the use of adaptive learning technologies, and re-vamping what college means through an inclusive focus on micro-credentials.
