Software Engineer - Summer 2025 Corporate Internship

We take a people-centric approach to everything we do. Our Athletes, how we refer to customers, and our Teammates, how we refer to our employees, are at the center of every decision we make so that we can provide transformational experiences online, in store, and in sport. When you join the Technology team as an Intern at DICK’S Sporting Goods, you’re joining a true team that wins together. We help our Athletes and fellow Teammates better their best by innovating solutions to interesting business problems and empowering every Technology Teammate to be an innovator. And, while our broader Technology team works remotely from all over the United States, they provide virtual and in-person events for the team to hangout, from virtual escape rooms to cheering on the Pittsburgh Pirates at beautiful PNC Park. As a DICK’S Sporting Goods Technology Intern, you will spend your Summer in Pittsburgh working at our Customer Support Center (our Corporate Office)! We follow a hybrid work schedule, in the office Tuesday – Thursday and working from home (your apartment) Monday and Friday.

DSG’s Technology Interns work with and learn from the leaders who bring our vision to the Best Sports Company in the World to life. During the 11-week Summer experience, interns are assigned a strategic project that is selected by a leader on their Technology team. At the conclusion of the summer, you will present your project directly to your leadership team. As a bonus to our program, you will have regular Q&A sessions with senior leaders, take part in a visit to our multiple store banners, and interact with teammates across the organization including networking and volunteer opportunities.

To support you throughout the Summer, we have built a strong support system of managers and mentors.  For project guidance and day-to-day management, you will be paired with a Training Manager. Additionally, you will have status-checks and coaching from both leaders in our Technology Department and our University Relations Team. You will also have peer mentorship from Technology teammates earlier in their career. This support structure will aid in transitioning you to the DSG team, the exploration of your career goals, and will provide opportunities to develop professional and social networks within the company and the retail industry.

The experiential learning you will receive enables you to rapidly become a contributing member of the team, while also focusing on your own personal development.  If you join DSG, you will have the opportunity to be a part of an enthusiastic and supportive team culture, be challenged to make a meaningful difference in our business decisions, and get a peek behind the curtain of how a large company thinks about its growth strategies.

The Software Engineer Intern will be placed on a product team and contribute to the software design, software development, and overall product lifecycle for a product that our users love. The engineering process is highly collaborative. Interns will have the opportunity to pair on as they work through user stories and support products as they evolve.  In addition, interns may be involved in product configuration, performance tuning and testing as well as production monitoring.  As a Software Engineer Intern, you will be part of a team with more experienced engineers to help build and grow your skills while you create, support, and deploy production applications.  Potential placements include product teams in eCommerce, Fulfillment, Infrastructure, Technology Management, and Data Engineering.

Day to Day Responsibilities:
•    Collaborates and pairs with other product team members (UX, engineering, and product management) to create secure, reliable, scalable software solutions 
•    Writes custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and test cases 
•    Writes custom code or scripts to do “destructive testing” to ensure adequate resiliency in production 
•    Configures commercial off the shelf solutions to align with evolving business needs 
•    Creates meaningful dashboards, logging, alerting, and responses to ensure that issues are captured and addressed proactively
•    Monitors tools and participates in conversations to encourage collaboration across product teams 
•    Reviews and discusses code from more senior engineers to understand best practices and design patterns
•    Increases business acumen by learning about other parts of the business

Some of your experiences will include:
•    Multi day intern orientation to introduce you to the company, the program, Pittsburgh, and your classmates
•    Professional development workshops designed to increase your knowledge of the company and the retail industry, as well as develop their business acumen and office professionalism
•    Extensive exposure to our senior leadership through our exclusive intern only Executive Speaker Series which includes a private meet & greet with our CTO & CEO 
•    Working with a diverse group of talent within DSG, and learning how collaboration across multiple technology domains looks like in a world class enterprise technology function.
•    Opportunities to “live the brand” and experience summer fun outside the office through various events
•    Working a 40 hour work week, Monday – Friday

Skills we are looking for:
•    Exposure to modern programming languages
•    Experience with Agile Development and knowledge on Agile Deployment tools and versioning using Git or similar tools
•    Experience in a Linux or Unix based environment
•    A competitive spirit with a passion for results
•    Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to independently make data-driven recommendations
•    Dynamic written and verbal communication style, as well as ability to communicate cross functionally and vertically throughout the organization
•    Ability to work in a fast paced and iterative environment
•    Someone enthusiastic about helping athletes and passionate about technology
•    Someone who cares about people and how work gets done
•    Someone who is solution orientated, curious and willing to dig into a challenge and ask questions to drive towards a desired outcome

We look for potential candidates with:
•    Graduation date between December 2025 through May 2026
•    Enrolled in an accredited 4-year institution
•    A major in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or Information Sciences and Technology or related experience
•    There will be periods of time where you are asked to spend up to a week at our Corporate Office in Pittsburgh as part of the Summer Internship program. The majority of the summer and full-time roles within our Technology Department are eligible for remote work. Any travel and housing accommodations will be covered.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree
• Strong verbal communication skills to read and write reports, as well as communicate cross-functionally and vertically throughout the organization
• Ability to handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
• Eagerness to learn and work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to communicate thoughts and technical ideas in an accessible manner
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Internship Start Date: May 19, 2025
Internship End Date: July 31, 2025

Full-time opportunities in 2026:
Interns qualified for full-time opportunities will be evaluated at the end of the program. Qualified interns will be placed as Software Engineers into a full-time technology development rotational program (Technology Development Program).

Perks:

• Consideration for full-time jobs after graduation*
• Fully furnished housing for non-local interns arranged and paid for by DSG
• Hybrid work model: WFH Monday & Friday, in office Tues – Thurs.
• Two paid holidays – Memorial Day and July 4th
• Teammate Discount
• Uber codes for Interns who do not have a vehicle to commute to and from the office
• Corporate Office amenities such as on-site gym and Starbucks
• Meaningful work projects selected by functional leaders
• Executive Speaker Series
• Professional development
• Volunteer opportunities
• Social events such as Intern Olympics, a Pittsburgh Pirates game, National Intern Day celebration, and more!

*Relocation assistance will be provided for non-local candidates who accept full-time jobs requiring them to be located at DICK’S Sporting Goods Corporate Office

Here’s what a few of our 2024 Interns had to say:

“My training manager (TM) did succeed in making my experience feel like I was a full-time analyst on the store analytics team. From assisting with ad-hoc work, to workshopping presentation slides, to working on my final project, the work given to me by my TM was engaging and crucial to a great experience during this internship.” – Lane Miller, Retail Analytics Intern

“If you are passionate about retail, come to DSG. If you are passionate about sports, come to DSG. If you want to inspire others and feel uplifted with your work, the answer is DSG. It was so easy to wake up and be excited to work because the business is doing well and the company works hard to not only do well for themselves but for the athletes they serve.” – Brooke Eyler, Strategy Intern

“I loved the ability to work on a high-impact, meaningful technical project, understand the parts of the business close and far to my area of expertise, work with and learn from a full team of technology professionals, and have a great cohort of other interns to share the journey with.”  - Sahil Hosalli, Technology Intern

“My internship has been the biggest learning experience for me so far throughout my career. It has shown me how the corporate world works... I feel much more prepared now for the real world than I did at the beginning of the summer and am much more confident in my abilities and knowledge of the business.” – Ryan Jones, Merchandising Intern

Interested to learn more? Watch our Internship Recap Video!