Creative Front End Developer Jobs in Massachusetts

OVERVIEW

Crestron Electronics is dedicated to attracting exceptional emerging professionals by investing in resources and creating opportunities for hands-on learning, professional growth, and career development in a supportive work environment. As a result, we have an exciting opportunity for a Summer-Fall Software Engineering Co-op to join our XiO Cloud Engineering Team in Rockleigh, NJ or Boston, MA.

At Crestron Electronics, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion drive innovation. Crestron's success hinges on continuing to build a workforce of unique individuals whose passion inspires us to create and revolutionize industry-leading products and services. There will always be more to accomplish, and at Crestron, we believe the best way forward is together.

Crestron Interns and Co-Ops can expect to be challenged with meaningful projects and tasks alongside professionals and subject matter experts in the field. Interns and Co-Ops are assigned a dedicated mentor who will be responsible for their development and acclimation to the company. Crestron will also provide a variety of training and networking opportunities to participants in the program, seeking to present participants with a comprehensive experience that enhances technical and non-technical skill sets and prepares students for their professional careers. Crestron is an equal opportunity employer proud of its commitment to Diversity & Inclusion.

For the XiO Cloud Software Engineering Co-op position, we are seeking a motivated student who is passionate about technology and eager to learn from experienced software engineers. XiO Cloud is Crestron's enterprise-grade, cloud-based web application that enables IT administrators and AV professionals to remotely monitor, manage, and configure IoT edge devices deployed across commercial environments worldwide.

This Full Stack Development Co-op provides the opportunity to contribute to both backend and frontend development efforts while gaining hands-on experience with modern web technologies, cloud applications, and enterprise software development practices. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, creative, curious, and enjoys working in a collaborative engineering environment.

Through this Co-op experience, students will gain exposure to software development best practices, cloud application architecture, debugging and troubleshooting techniques, testing and automation processes, and collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

With guidance from a dedicated mentor, perform the following tasks with increasing responsibility and independence throughout the Co-op experience:

• Contribute to well-defined projects supporting the XiO Cloud platform.
• Assist in implementing and maintaining RESTful API endpoints using C# and ASP.NET Core.
• Collaborate with engineers to build responsive and accessible user interface components within the Angular-based single-page application.
• Support backend data services that manage device state and configuration data.
• Assist in integrating frontend and backend layers to support new product features.
• Participate in software testing, debugging, and maintenance activities.
• Assist in developing and executing unit and integration tests to support software quality and reliability.
• Participate in code reviews, Agile ceremonies, team discussions, and technical design conversations.
• Document technical findings, implementation details, and test results to support team knowledge sharing.

QUALIFICATIONS

General Requirements

• Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization in the United States now and in the future.

Technical Skills

• Strong programming fundamentals and object-oriented programming knowledge.
• Understanding of software development fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms.
• Familiarity with version control using Git.
• Coursework, project experience, or familiarity with C# and the .NET platform.
• Familiarity with a modern SPA framework such as Angular, React, or Vue.
• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and TypeScript.
• Exposure to relational or NoSQL databases and basic querying.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of asynchronous programming concepts (e.g., async/await).
• Exposure to RESTful API development and client-server application architecture.
• Interest in cloud-based applications and full-stack web development.