The world of transportation has never been more dynamic. If you’re the type of person who craves opportunity and challenge in a supportive and collaborative setting, you belong here.
The Echo Trailblazers internship gives you the confidence, community, and communication skills needed to forge a new path. As a member of the Echo Global Logistics team, you’ll work on real-world projects, learn from logistics legends, and work toward a common goal: simplifying transportation for our clients and carriers. You will be on the road to success as an Echo Trailblazer!
Spend your summer working within Echo’s Technology team! Echo recently ranked as the second-largest digital company by employee size in Chicago and we continue growing virtually all our technical teams. As part of our team, you will contribute to engineering of large-scale web-based applications to enable Echo’s business while supporting architectural vision of quality, scalability, performance and function. Our proprietary software is created with the goal to simplify transportation for our customers and carriers, and is one of our largest competitive advantages in an ever-growing market.
What We're Looking for
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Passion for Logistics: A keen interest and willingness to learn and try new things
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Possess a can-do attitude and believes anything is possible with the right focus
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Be organized, professional, and coachable with strong problem solving, communication, time management, and project management skills
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Team Player: Willingness to collaborate and support the team in various ways
What You'll Gain
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Hands-On Experience: Work on impactful opportunities related to our clients and company
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Career Development: Enhance your skills and build a strong work ethic
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Network Opportunities: Connect with industry professionals and attend company events
Software Engineer Responsibilities & Job Duties
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Design, develop, test, document and present new automated solutions to improve current or create new products and processes
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Work to develop one or several of our web-based product offerings
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Reduce build, deployment and configuration complexity for custom and third-party applications through automated solutions
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Carry out root-cause analysis on defects to ensure fixes are happening in the right way
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Troubleshoot legacy programming code written in multiple different languages
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Open to new ideas and encourages innovative practices amongst peers
What's in it for You?
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10-week paid internship working alongside various teams at Echo
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Join a vibrant team with casual dress in a collaborative, can-do environment
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Ability to introduce your own views and takes on our product offerings
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Work in the full software delivery life-cycle
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Ability to constantly enhance and improve applications
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Enjoy a remote working model
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Learning resources outside your day-to-day roles
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Exposure to real-business experiences
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Potential for full-time employment
Requirements
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Must be able to start June 2, 2025 and complete the entire 10 week program
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Currently enrolled at a university as a rising senior, with at least one semester remaining after completion of internship
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Able to work in our Chicago office 3 days and hybrid 2 days a week
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No major or GPA requirements
Echo Global Logistics is a leading provider of technology-enabled solutions and supply chain management. We utilize technology to simplify transportation management for our clients and carriers by handling the critical tasks on their behalf so they can focus on what they do best. From coast to coast, dock to dock, and across all major transportation modes, Echo connects businesses that ship their products with carriers who transport those goods quickly, securely, and cost-effectively.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or Vietnam era or other protected veteran.
Benefits
For more information about our benefit offerings, please visit our careers page at https://www.echo.com/company/careers.
Compensation
$35,200.00-50,650.00 per year
Top Skills
Echo Global Logistics Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
Located in River North overlooking the River! Easily accessible and close to various train and bus stops, including a shuttle from Union Station.
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