Platform Engineer Intern - Summer 2025

At MyFitnessPal, our vision is to be the global catalyst for every “body” to achieve health. We believe fitness starts with what you eat. We provide the tools and resources to reach your fitness goals. This year, we are looking for a Platform Engineering Intern to join the MyFitnessPal engineering team this summer 2025! Our users rely on the MyFitnessPal iOS app to power their health and fitness journeys every day. As a member of our MyFitnessPal Engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to spend 10 weeks on a project that directly impacts our product and users.

On the team, you’ll work with smart and talented engineers from diverse backgrounds who build and provide a platform and tools to support the fast delivery of applications while keeping safety and internet scale in mind. Your work will impact millions of users who rely on MyFitnessPal for their health and fitness journeys.

Our platform is built 100% on cloud infrastructure, and you can look to learn about Amazon Web Services while working on a modern platform powered by Kubernetes, Docker, containers, Cilium, ArgoCD, Prometheus, and write tools in Go, Python, and other programming languages.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Develop and deliver a project while learning something new in an area of your interest and with autonomy

• Be mentored by an experienced engineer through the internship and advance in your career goals

• Show off your work and impact on the entire company at the end of your internship

• Connect, learn, and hear from engineering leaders and executives at MyFitnessPal

• Grow your cloud skills and learn about all the technologies that MFP uses in production

• Live our core values in all you do:

  • Be Kind and Care

  • Live Good Health

  • Be Data-Inspired

  • Champion Change

  • Leave it Better than You Found It

  • Make It Happen

Qualifications to be successful in this role: 

• Be a current, full-time college student with at least one academic term remaining following an internship at MyFitnessPal. The following students are generally eligible:

  • Undergraduate students graduating between December 2025 and May 2026 (rising Juniors or Seniors)

  • Students completing their master’s degree between December 2025 and May 2026

  • Full-time MBA students between the 1st and 2nd year of their program

• Intellectual curiosity for solving problems in software systems

• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies

• Technical experience with tools and technologies in our stack is a plus (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, Docker, containers, Cilium, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Go, Python, or other related tools and languages)

• Empathy for our users and other engineers and communicating effectively

• Ability to get things done and share what you learned along the way 

• Reliable access to the internet and comfortable in a remote working environment

Perks & Benefits

• Paid internship with potential conversion to full-time upon graduation (Pay rate of $25.00 per hour)

• Remote equal philosophy enabling you to work from any state in which we have operations in the continental U.S. (currently, not including AK)

• A dynamic, motivating, and fun work environment

• Mentorship and guidance from senior staff and leadership

• Opportunity to work on a product with a positive impact on people’s lives

At MyFitnessPal, our mission is to ignite nutrition and wellness change in members by empowering them to succeed on their own terms through personalized data-led insights, guidance, and unwavering support. And it wouldn’t be possible without our team.

This position pays $25.00 per hour. In addition, if there is an opportunity for high-performing interns to convert full time upon graduation, upon doing so, you would be eligible for the following benefits listed below:

Full Time Employee Perks, Benefits, and Culture:

• Remote equal philosophy enabling you to work from any state in which we have operations in the continental U.S. 

• Want to work in an office? We also have a physical office in Austin, TX

• Bi-annual, in-person company retreats to work, bond, and enjoy team-building activities

• Opportunities for team members to meet and connect in person for company paid lunches or working sessions

• Flexible time-off policy + flexible working hours (Unlimited PTO Plan)

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits

• Safe Harbor 401K program 

• Supported path in parenthood with fertility benefits and paid maternity and parental leave

• Monthly Wellness Allowance to assist team members to focus on their own physical and mental wellbeing and select wellness initiatives of their own choice

• Reward & recognition platform enabling peers to recognize and reward their peers for all the great work they do

• MyFitnessPal Premium 

• Modern Virtual Learning and Development Library

• DEI Committee dedicated to ongoing efforts to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace by setting actionable goals and evaluating progress

• Diversity training for employees

• A dynamic, motivating, and fun work environment 

Please consider applying even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications. Research shows you can still be considered for a position if you meet some of the requirements. We celebrate the unique POV that each person brings to the table and believe in a collaborative and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, military or veteran status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. These are our guiding ideologies and apply across all aspects of employment.