Software Engineer Intern, Rails & Localization

Software Engineer Intern, Rails & Localization

Fearless is excited to launch our internship program in partnership with the Maryland Lighthouse AI Initiative. This program provides college students, recent graduates, and career changers with real-world experience in the government technology industry. Interns will gain hands-on technical skills alongside a broad set of professional skills - including interviewing, resume building, and networking - to support job readiness and long-term career growth. This internship will begin on June 1 and end on August 14, 2026.

As a Rails + Localization Engineer Intern on the WorkerX team, you will support the Employer's Workflow within a Family and Medical Leave Insurance application - the system that helps workers and their employers navigate paid family and medical leave.

Your work will focus on supporting Ruby on Rails features, resolving User Acceptance Testing (UAT) feedback, rolling out translations to make the application more accessible to residents, and keeping documentation accurate as the product evolves. You'll contribute directly to production code and ship user-facing improvements that real employers across the state will use.

Your Responsibilities in this Role:

• Address UAT feedback tickets, working through reproduction, fix, and verification
• Assist with minor bug fixes and feature support in Ruby on Rails
• Update content and user-facing copy across the Employers Workflow
• Support translation and localization implementation, helping bring the application to additional languages
• Contribute to structured documentation updates so the team's knowledge stays current and useful
• Participate in agile ceremonies - standups, sprint planning, retros - and contribute to team discussions and code reviews

Project and Skill Requirements:

• Familiarity with Ruby on Rails - through coursework, bootcamp projects, personal projects, or self-directed learning
• Working knowledge of JavaScript - comfortable reading and writing basic JS in a web application context
• Working knowledge of CSS - able to style web pages and make targeted adjustments to existing styles
• Comfort reading code you didn't write - willingness to trace through an existing codebase, ask questions, and make small, careful changes rather than starting from scratch
• Basic Git and GitHub skills - can create branches, commit changes, open pull requests, and respond to code review feedback (or eagerness to learn these workflows quickly)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills - can explain what you did, ask clear questions, and write a useful pull request description
• A collaborative mindset - we work as a team and value the people on it
• Motivation to learn - much of this internship is about growing your skills, and we'll meet you where you are
• A genuine passion for helping your community

Fearless Skills and Competencies

• Synthetic Thinking: The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new, meaningful whole.
• Adaptability: Comfort with change, flexibility in the face of shifting demands and resilience to setbacks.
• Ownership & Accountability: Committed to taking responsibility for outcomes, ensuring that all commitments are met with a focus on enhancing service delivery.

Required Level of Proficiency:

• Fundemental Awareness: You possess common knowledge or an understanding of basic techniques and concepts. Experience has been gained in a "classroom" and experimental scenarios or as an on-the-job trainee. You are expected to need help when performing skills. You understand and can discuss terminology, concepts, principles, and issues associated with this competency/skill.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
• Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, which may involve driving or flying.
• Ability to communicate effectively via phone, email, and in-person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
• Ability to move within an office environment, including reaching for files, using office equipment, and occasional light lifting (up to 10 pounds).

Life at Fearless

We're a digital integration consultancy on a mission to build a better tomorrow. At Fearless, we combine technology, people, and organizational development to solve meaningful problems. Through iterative development, we deliver smart, user-friendly solutions that make tech work better-for everyone.

But great tech is just part of the story. What really makes us Fearless is our Purple Culture.

What Makes Us Purple?
Being Purple means you:

• Are valued as a whole person-not just a job title
• Get matched with work that plays to your strengths and passions
• Are supported by coaches, not micromanagers
• Have the autonomy and clarity to make decisions and drive impact
• Join a community that celebrates equity, curiosity, and innovation
• Do work that matters-every day

We believe in flexibility, growth, and balance. Our benefits and culture are designed to support you in doing your best work-while making space for what matters to you outside of it.

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Fearless, we're building a workplace that welcomes and respects everyone-across race, gender, age, religion, identity, background, and ability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Compensation at Fearless
Fearless is committed to providing a competitive compensation package that will meet your current and future needs. Our philosophy is aimed at rewarding team member contributions, supporting long-term financial growth and security, and overall well-being.

We believe in paying people fairly, so we've established a compensation model aimed to ensure everyone at Fearless - regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or willingness/ability to negotiate - is consistently paid fairly based on alignment to the needs and requirements of the role.

The hourly rate for this position is $20.00 per hour.

Benefits at Fearless

At Fearless, we take care of our team-because when you're supported, you can do your best work. We offer a flexible, family-friendly environment with benefits designed to support your health, growth, and life outside of work.

For Full-Time Team Members (Starting Day One):

• Flexible, life-friendly schedules
• 401(k) with 4% match & immediate vesting
• Sick Leave

Reasonable Accommodations
Fearless is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and candidates with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact the Human Resources Department at hr@fearless.tech.

So, What's Next?

We've refined our hiring approach to make sure every team member is a great fit for Fearless-and that we're a great fit for you, too. If there's alignment, we'll reach out to kick off the interview process. Depending on the role or project, your experience may vary slightly, but it typically includes:

Introductory Interview
You'll connect with a recruiter to:

• Build rapport and get to know each other
• Review your experience and skills
• Talk through salary expectations and role details
• Set expectations for the rest of the process

Skills + Business Fit Interview
This is where we dig deeper to:

• Review findings from any technical assessments
• Walk through situational and values-based questions
• Explore how your approach aligns with Fearless culture and project needs

Some roles may also include customer interviews based on specific project requirements in addition to background check and security clearance requirements.