Software Engineering Intern

At Sonos we want to create the ultimate listening experience for our customers and know that it starts by listening to each other. As part of the Sonos team, you’ll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives.

We’re seeking talented students to join our 2026 Sonos Summer Internship Program and explore what it means to blend creativity, technology, and sound. Our interns are an essential part of our team, bringing fresh ideas, learning from experts, and helping us push the boundaries of what’s possible. Come broaden your skills, share your input and pursue your passion with a 12 week internship experience.

Work Period: June 1- August 21, 2026

Location & Schedule: This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position with minimum 4 days per week onsite in our Boston office. There is no relocation or housing assistance offered for this position.

As a Software Engineer, you will contribute to the foundational pieces of our system, ensuring high-quality and reliable operation. You will collaborate with a team of industry-leading innovators across various disciplines, including hardware, product management, and user experience. If you enjoy solving challenging problems and delivering high-quality products, we want to talk with you!

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a Software Engineer, you’ll work on a cross-functional team to design and build product features and capabilities. Examples include:

• Building world class speaker products and solving challenges in areas involving embedded software development for multi-room audio processing, networking, security and user experience.

• Working on the next generation of services and APIs for controlling the Sonos system as part of a smart, internet-connected home.

• Empowering our users to listen better by making it easy to access new, relevant content.

• Adding new features to the mobile applications that let our users control and listen to their audio content on their system.

• Creating a semantic data layer to empower machine learning and AI to leverage data and diagnostics.

• Using AI tools to automate critical software development workflows to improve developer productivity, experience, and security.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

Basic Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a College or University with a  preferred field of study in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent

• Demonstrated proficiency writing code with one or more of the following: Python, Javascript, Java, Swift/Kotlin, C/C++

• Familiarity with version control such as Git

• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and continuous integration and deployment techniques

• Implementing automated and self service software engineering processes 

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with one or more of the following technologies: 

  • Embedded Software: C/C++, Audio Processing, Networking, Security, AOSP

  • Cloud Platform: Java, NodeJS, AWS, IoT, Kubernetes, Docker, Machine Learning and NLP

  • App Development: Kotlin, Swift, Javascript/Typescript

  • Data: Tableau, OpenSearch, Snowflake, DataDog and other system reliability and quality tracking tools

• Experience with AWS Cloud Services

• Experience with CI/CD build and release pipelines: Github Actions, Jenkins, Azure Pipelines, etc

PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently enrolled in a College or University with expected graduation date of Winter 2026/2027 or Spring 2027/2028. Our program targets rising juniors and rising seniors.

• Available to participate in our full-time internship program from June to August

• Ability to work out of our Boston office a minimum 4 days per week

• Authorized to work for any US employer, both now and in the future.  Sonos is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at this time. 

2026 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM OVERVIEW 

The Internship Program includes the foll