Software Engineering Internship, Material Bank
Summer 2024
Office located in Boca Raton, FL
Sample materials marketplace for architecture & design
Job no longer available
Sample materials marketplace for architecture & design
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
Office located in Boca Raton, FL
201-500 employees
Company mission
To remove the friction that exists when searching and sampling materials.
Role
Who you are
- Graph databases (e.g., Neo4j, Amazon Neptune)
- Programming languages (e.g., Python for backend, JavaScript frameworks like React or Vue.js for frontend)
- API development (e.g., RESTful APIs, GraphQL)
- Version control systems (e.g., Git)
- UI/UX design principles
- Looking for 3 summer interns to join us for a 6 week project
- We are looking 2 interns with with basic knowledge of python
- Exposure with python or data manipulation
- Will be able to teach them infrastructure side
- Internal product
- Insights with internal customers
- 1 intern with basic UI
- Something like Plotly + Dash (ie https://dash.gallery/)
- Or React frontend with Highcharts js (great js charting lib)
What the job involves
- Material Bank is looking for 3 Software Engineering Interns to join the team for a summer Internship. This will be a 6 week internship where you be able to get hands on experience as well as see a project go from development to launch
- You will get to work along side our Principal Engineers where they will teach you the best practices and elevate your skills for both coding and UI. This will be a paid summer internship
- The core objective of this summer intern project is to enhance the utility and accessibility of a graph database containing approximately 20 nodes and 20 relationships (and the subsequent infinite permutations)
- Development of Insightful Queries: Interns will explore the graph database to create a set of queries that can extract meaningful insights, which could include identifying key influencers within the network, understanding connection patterns, or uncovering hidden relationships
- User Interface (UI) Development: The aim is to build an intuitive and user-friendly interface that allows Members and Brands to interact with the database effortlessly, run queries, and visualize the results in a comprehensible manner
- API Expansion and Integration: This involves expanding the existing set of APIs and ensuring they are robust enough for integration with other services, allowing for the seamless exchange of data and insights extracted from the graph database
- Week 1: Orientation and Planning
- Objective: Get familiar with the project, tools, and technologies involved. Plan the project timeline and deliverables
- Introduction to the graph database and its current capabilities
- Overview of tools and programming languages to be used
- Initial brainstorming sessions to identify potential insightful queries and UI/UX design preferences
- Setting up development environments
- Week 2-3: Development of Insightful Queries
- Objective: Identify and develop a set of insightful queries
- Data exploration to understand the structure and key characteristics of the graph
- Designing and testing queries to extract meaningful insights
- Documentation of the queries and insights they are expected to provide
- Week 4-5: UI Development for Customer Use
- Objective: Develop a user-friendly interface for interacting with the graph database
- Sketching wireframes and designing UI layouts
- Implementing the front-end interface that connects with the backend queries
- User testing and UI adjustments based on feedback
- Week 6: API Expansion and Documentation
- Objective: Expand the API suite and ensure proper documentation for external use
- Identifying additional functionalities required by external services
- Developing and integrating new APIs
- Creating comprehensive documentation and examples for using the APIs
Our take
Architecture and design professionals need real-world samples of the materials they intend to work with, and they need to know what they’re picking is the best fit for their project. Historically, there’s been no universal aggregator of all available materials - you’d just have to know who and where to ask. Material Bank is changing this, with a service it describes as being the Expedia of design samples.
Material Bank is the largest materials marketplace for the A&D industry. Offering a wide range of material samples from carpets to hardwoods, all sample orders have next-day delivery availability across Canada and the US, and is always free for design professionals. The company's profit comes from selling spots within its rapidly growing marketplace community to vendors and manufacturers, connecting brands with thousands of vetted design professionals.
It’s an offering with a remarkably tight market fit, demonstrated by its swelling customer base and investment funding. The company has begun its global expansion, having launched in Japan, and it is focusing on growing into the European market through an office in Paris. It is also cementing its success through an M&A strategy, most recently incorporating Architizer's architectural project database into its product.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2022
$175m
SERIES D
May 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $323.2m
Company benefits
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid maternity leave
- Commuter benefits
- Disability insurance
Company HQ
Boca Raton, FL
Leadership
Adam Sandow
(Founder, CEO & Chairman)Is also CEO and Chairman of SANDOW.
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