Software Engineering Intern- Chicago

Posted 5 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in USA
Remote
35K-51K Annually
Internship
Information Technology • Logistics • Software • Transportation • 3PL: Third Party Logistics
The Role
Join Echo Global Logistics as a Software Engineering Intern where you'll develop web applications, automate solutions, and gain hands-on experience in a supportive environment. This 10-week program enhances your skills while you work collaboratively with various teams. Ideal candidates are organized, problem solvers with a passion for logistics.
Summary Generated by Built In

The world of transportation has never been more dynamic. If you’re the type of person who craves opportunity and challenge in a supportive and collaborative setting, you belong here. 
The Echo Trailblazers internship gives you the confidence, community, and communication skills needed to forge a new path. As a member of the Echo Global Logistics team, you’ll work on real-world projects, learn from logistics legends, and work toward a common goal: simplifying transportation for our clients and carriers.  You will be on the road to success as an Echo Trailblazer!

Spend your summer working within Echo’s Technology team!  Echo recently ranked as the second-largest digital company by employee size in Chicago and we continue growing virtually all our technical teams. As part of our team, you will contribute to engineering of large-scale web-based applications to enable Echo’s business while supporting architectural vision of quality, scalability, performance and function. Our proprietary software is created with the goal to simplify transportation for our customers and carriers, and is one of our largest competitive advantages in an ever-growing market.

What We're Looking for

  • Passion for Logistics: A keen interest and willingness to learn and try new things

  • Possess a can-do attitude and believes anything is possible with the right focus

  • Be organized, professional, and coachable with strong problem solving, communication, time management, and project management skills

  • Team Player: Willingness to collaborate and support the team in various ways  

What You'll Gain

  • Hands-On Experience: Work on impactful opportunities related to our clients and company

  • Career Development: Enhance your skills and build a strong work ethic

  • Network Opportunities: Connect with industry professionals and attend company events  

Software Engineer Responsibilities & Job Duties

  • Design, develop, test, document and present new automated solutions to improve current or create new products and processes

  • Work to develop one or several of our web-based product offerings

  • Reduce build, deployment and configuration complexity for custom and third-party applications through automated solutions

  • Carry out root-cause analysis on defects to ensure fixes are happening in the right way

  • Troubleshoot legacy programming code written in multiple different languages

  • Open to new ideas and encourages innovative practices amongst peers

What's in it for You?

  • 10-week paid internship working alongside various teams at Echo

  • Join a vibrant team with casual dress in a collaborative, can-do environment  

  • Ability to introduce your own views and takes on our product offerings

  • Work in the full software delivery life-cycle

  • Ability to constantly enhance and improve applications

  • Enjoy a remote working model 

  • Learning resources outside your day-to-day roles 

  • Exposure to real-business experiences 

  • Potential for full-time employment  

Requirements

  • Must be able to start June 2, 2025 and complete the entire 10 week program

  • Currently enrolled at a university as a rising senior, with at least one semester remaining after completion of internship

  • Able to work in our Chicago office 3 days and hybrid 2 days a week

  • No major or GPA requirements

Echo Global Logistics is a leading provider of technology-enabled solutions and supply chain management. We utilize technology to simplify transportation management for our clients and carriers by handling the critical tasks on their behalf so they can focus on what they do best. From coast to coast, dock to dock, and across all major transportation modes, Echo connects businesses that ship their products with carriers who transport those goods quickly, securely, and cost-effectively. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or Vietnam era or other protected veteran.

Benefits

For more information about our benefit offerings, please visit our careers page at https://www.echo.com/company/careers.

Compensation

$35,200.00-50,650.00 per year

Top Skills

Automated Solutions
Programming Languages
Web-Based Applications
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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
2,600 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2005

What We Do

Echo is a leading provider of technology-enabled business process outsourcing, serving the transportation and logistics needs of our clients. Our proprietary web-based technology, dedicated service teams and robust procurement power enables our clients to see significant transportation savings while receiving best-in-class service.

Why Work With Us

At Echo you don’t just have a job—you have a career. Passion for what you do keeps you on the road to success. It’s teamwork and relationships that make our team truly successful. The chance to work alongside friends, have your voice heard, and be mentored by those who genuinely want to see you grow and thrive makes every day even better.

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