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GoodRx is America's healthcare marketplace. Each month, millions of people visitgoodrx.comto find reliable health information and discounts for their healthcare - and we've helped people save $60 billion since 2011. We provide prescription discounts that are accepted at more than 70,000 pharmacies in the U.S., as well as telehealth services including doctor visits and lab tests. Our services have been positively reviewed by Good Morning America, The New York Times, NBC News, AARP, and many others.

Our goal is to help Americans find convenient and affordable healthcare. We offer solutions for consumers, employers, health plans, and anyone else who shares our desire to provide affordable prescriptions to all Americans.

Our Engineering Values: GoodRx engineers put our customers first and have a deep sense of ownership of our products and services from design to implementation and throughout ongoing operations. We believe "it can be done" and succeed through continuous learning. GoodRx engineers balance craftsmanship and speed-to-market, employing unit testing, end-to-end automation, and service telemetry to enable safe and fast product delivery, system visibility, and ease of operations. The ideal candidate will be able to quickly turn ideas into production-ready solutions in a fast-paced and friendly environment. You should also be comfortable learning new technologies as needed.

About the Role: GoodRx is looking for a Software Engineer Intern to join the engineering team. As an Engineering Intern, you will collaborate with the rest of our engineering, product, design, data, and analytics team to transform ideas into exceptional products to help our users find affordable therapy solutions. You'll be responsible for developing, prototyping, and designing front-end React/Typescript web applications while ensuring responsiveness and reusability of various components. You are passionate about innovation and playing around with the latest technologies, and assisting the team in innovating and pushing the boundaries of our backend services and web technologies. As part of this role, you'll also be responsible for developing and maintaining backend services and APIs that power our products. The ideal candidate will be able to quickly turn ideas from inception to final product in a fast-paced and friendly environment. You should be comfortable learning new technologies as needed.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Designers, Product Managers, and Engineers to deliver compelling cross-platform (desktop/mobile web + native devices) user-facing products.

• Design, build, ship, and maintain reusable systems that drive our complex web applications.

• Own, create, review, and provide feedback on technical design proposals and proof of concepts.

• Write clean, fast, compatible, easy-to-use, and testable code to turn ideas into production-quality products.

• Accept and thrive by mentorship by other engineers by leading and collaborating in all engineering discussions and evangelizing engineering best practices.

• Promote a culture of operational excellence by meticulously testing and monitoring our systems and code and writing documentation to support the health of our services.

• Collaborate, learn, and grow.
  

Skills and Qualifications

• Extremely curious, motivated, and ready to work hard!

• Basic understanding of front-end technologies - React and JavaScript (ES6) and willingness to learn technologies like TypeScript and NextJS.

• Basic understanding of APIs, both RESTful and GraphQL.

• Familiarity with TypeScript and/or JavaScript - you are a strong coder and know how to write clean, effective code at scale.

• Ability to work effectively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals - you will work closely with other non-technical folks to get things done. Collaboration is key.

• Ability and desire to be a polyglot. Adapting to the tools and technologies appropriate for the job at hand.

• You are product-minded with a desire to contribute to the definition of the products delivered by defining value propositions through the lens of the customer.

• Graduating class of May/June 2027 - May/June 2028

We're committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company and industry. That's why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has a seat at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunities to excel.

With that said, research shows that women and other underrepresented groups apply only if they meet 100% of the criteria. GoodRx is committed to leveling the playing field, and we encourage women, people of color, those in the LGBTQ+ communities, and Veterans to apply for positions even if they don't necessarily check every box outlined in the job description. Please still get in touch - we'd love to connect and see if you could be good for the role!

GoodRx is America's healthcare marketplace. The company offers the most comprehensive and accurate resource for affordable prescription medications in the U.S., gathering pricing information from thousands of pharmacies coast to coast, as well as a telehealth marketplace for online doctor visits and lab tests. Since 2011, Americans with and without health insurance have saved $60 billion using GoodRx and million consumers visitgoodrx.comeach month to find discounts and information related to their healthcare. GoodRx is the #1 most downloaded medical app on the iOS and Android app stores. For more information, visitwww.goodrx.com.

We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @goodrx.com or goodrx@myworkday.comaddresses.