Software Engineering Intern, MS, Summer 2027
Google · Portland, OR
$98,000–$131,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Portland, OR
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A 12–14 week paid summer internship for Master's students in Computer Science or a related field, aimed at early consideration for Summer 2027. Interns are placed on either a Software Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering track, working on an assigned project that may involve building scalable systems, automating tasks, or maintaining critical infrastructure. Candidates should have coding experience in at least two general-purpose languages and a background in data structures or algorithms.
Junior level · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Internship
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 15 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,800 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 7,400–12,700
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This is a Summer 2027 internship posting open to students at any academic year pursuing a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent post-secondary training) in Computer Science or a related field. The degree is listed as 'pursuing,' not a completed hard requirement, so the degree requirement is set to None.
The posting covers two distinct intern tracks — Software Engineering Intern and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Intern — within the same application. The SRE track has some operational flavor (15-1244), but the primary framing and majority of responsibilities are software development, so 15-1252 is the primary code with 15-1244 as the runner-up.
The minimum qualifications require experience coding in 'two or more general purpose programming languages (e.g., C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python).' These are listed as interchangeable examples of the same requirement, so they are captured as one skill with alternatives.
The preferred qualifications list 'three or more' languages from C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Python — captured as a preferred skill group with alternatives.
Many preferred technical areas (web application development, mobile application development, information retrieval, networking, security software development, large software systems) are domain descriptions rather than named tools or technologies and are omitted per the generic-concept rule. Named or canonical technologies (AI/ML, Unix/Linux, distributed systems, machine learning, NLP) are retained.
The compensation figure ($98,000–$131,000/year) is quoted as an annualized base salary range for what is an internship role; this likely reflects an annualized equivalent of the intern hourly/weekly rate, as is common for Google postings.
The role is available across 30+ US locations; Mountain View, CA (part of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CBSA) is listed first and is Google's headquarters, used as the primary CBSA.
Posting is for a internship engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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