Software Engineer Intern, Video

Youth sports offer important life lessons that propel kids toward meaningful futures, including a sense of family and community. GameChanger by DICK’S Sporting Goods works to connect families via live video streaming of games, scorekeeping and team communication tools for more than half a million teams. We are a remote-first, dynamic tech company based in New York City intent on improving youth sports for all and developing our own teammates.

OVERVIEW:

About GameChanger:

We believe in the life changing impact youth sports have on and off the field. Sports encourage leadership, teamwork, responsibility, and confidence – important life lessons that have the power to propel our youth toward meaningful futures. We recognize that without coaches, parents, and volunteers, organized youth sports could not exist. By building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community, we are helping families elevate the next generation through youth sports.

So if you love sports and their community building potential, or building cool products is your sport, GameChanger is the team for you. We are a remote first, dynamic tech company based in New York City, and we are solving some of the biggest challenges in youth sports today.

Kick-start your career at GameChanger! Serving youth sports communities, our app is used to score and live stream millions of games each year. Join us for a 2025 paid internship where you will grow your skills for the road that lies ahead. Our program starts on June 9th and will run for 10 weeks, concluding on August 15th.

The Position:

GameChanger's Video team owns our video pipeline end to end, evolves our live streaming and post-game video capabilities for users, simplifies the developer experience for product teams that integrate video into our apps, and ensures we have a scalable and resilient platform to handle millions of streams and hundreds of millions of highlight clips annually. We are looking for a Software Engineer Intern to join us this summer and work on feature development to enhance people's lives.

What You'll Do:

• Learn about video streaming at GC.

• Collaborate with a team of engineers, designers, testers, and product managers on feature development for our app.

• Build new features and fix existing ones in the GameChanger app.

• Learn how to contribute to a CI-driven, scaled engineering organization.

• Gain experience and mentorship from GC engineers.

• Work with great people, an awesome product, and lots of fun together along the way!

Who You Are:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or looking to make a career change.

• Interest and willingness to participate in professional development activities to stay current on industry knowledge.

• Interest in video streaming and how it works - from content creation to end-user viewing.

• Big plus if you have experience developing with iOS, Android, or back end development!

What To Expect:

• 10 weeks of experience working on an app that is used by millions of people.

• $50 per hour pay for your contributions.

• A trip to NYC for orientation week at GameChanger HQ.

• MacBooks provided for the duration of the internship by GC.

• Mentorship from other GC teammates to guide you through the experience.

• Ability to work remotely throughout the US so you can enjoy your summer from wherever you choose*.

• Build industry connections with intern peers and GC teammates.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

*DICK’S Sporting Goods has company-wide practices to monitor and protect the company from significant compliance and monetary implications as it pertains to employer state tax liabilities. Due to said guidelines put in place, we are unable to hire in AK, DE, HI, IA, LA, MS, MT, OK, and SC.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All official recruitment communications from GameChanger will come from an email address ending in @gc.com and/or [email protected]. If you receive communication from any other domain, please be cautious, as it is likely fraudulent.

QUALIFICATIONS:

What We’re Looking For In You:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• Interest and ability to learn new programming languages & tools.

• Organized, curious, and proactive team player who is results-oriented.

• Great communicator and enthusiastic about using technology to enhance people’s lives.

• Big plus if you have experience developing with parts of our tech stack: iOS, Android, node.js, and more!

What’s In It For You:

• 10-12 weeks of experience working with a real product team on an app that is used by millions of people. - $40 per hour pay for your contributions.

• Hands-on learning with a modern tech stack & architecture.

• Working remotely, and enjoying your summer from wherever you choose to in the country.

• Building industry connections with intern peers & GC employees, and a trip to NYC to our main office (assuming it is safe to do so).

• MacBooks provided for the duration of the internship by GC.

• Building things that get released. No time will be wasted on pet projects that never see the light of day. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.