Stile Education Hiring for Women in STEM – Software Internship 2023 Job at Melbourne Full Time

Are you good at collecting, organising and finding patterns in information? Do you like science or solving puzzles? Are you curious about the way apps work, and interested in learning how to build them?

Have you considered taking a gap year in 2023? What if you used it to learn to code and got paid to do it?

Learning to code is massively empowering. Code is behind almost every piece of modern technology, from your phone to wind turbines. Code flies aeroplanes on autopilot and makes sure your fridge stays cold. Learning how to code is learning how to design the future. And here is the secret: It is something anyone can learn to do.

In 2023, Stile is continuing our Software Engineering Internship for young women, non-binary and female-identifying Year 12 graduates. You should be interested in learning to code and be passionate about science. It’s great if you’ve had some coding experience already, but totally cool if you don’t.

This is a genuinely awesome opportunity to learn something new and experience what designing apps is all about. You’ll get paid, and you’ll have some fun too!

You’ll come to work every day with Stile’s enthusiastic, energetic design and engineering teams at our Melbourne CBD office. You’ll experience what it’s like to work with a highly creative team in a progressive workplace. You’ll learn how to code and work directly on apps that help kids learn about climate change, genetically modified foods, and a whole raft of other important global issues.

This could be your gap year before university or the practical experience that launches your career as a builder of the future. Perhaps you’ll use what you learn to be an entrepreneur and launch your own company.

You might have used Stile (stileapp.com) in your science classes before, but you might not know that we run a world-class software engineering team in Melbourne. All the technologies we use to create the science lessons in Stile are the same ones that power all the apps and websites you use daily. Of course, software engineers don’t work alone – you’ll be working with artists, designers, videographers and wordsmiths too.

If you want to know more about Stile, you should check out the “Our why” and “Our team” pages on our website. Don’t forget to check out our ‘Meet the Stile team’ video too!

We recognise the importance of gender equality in strengthening our business operations and aim to specifically improve the gender balance of our workforce, particularly in professional roles, technical roles and leadership positions. We don’t think young women are given enough opportunities to shape our shared future – a future powered and defined by the technologies that today are mostly crafted by men.

That doesn’t sound right to us, and we want to do something about it.

These internships are open to women-identifying and non-binary people. This opportunity qualifies as a ‘special measure’ under section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic).

Start and end dates

Internships will start on the 27th of February 2023, and you’ll graduate at our end-of-year party sometime in mid-late December 2023.

Full time

This is a full-time paid position, so you’ll be working five days a week. Most of those days will be physically at Stile HQ on Exhibition Street in the city.

Tools for the job

During your internship, we’ll provide you with a laptop and all the other bits and pieces you need to be set up and ready to code effectively.

Training

You’ll be doing two types of initial training in the first few weeks of your internship:

• You’ll complete an in-house coding course and work closely with mentors from Stile’s engineering team.
• You’ll complete an in-house course on the basics of working life. We cover topics like personal finance, running meetings, note-taking, priority management and more.
• After your initial training, you’ll join one of our project teams and be doing real work alongside our mentor engineers. You’ll get the opportunity to attend ongoing training and professional development throughout the year.

Just to be clear, the cost of the training will be covered by Stile.

Mentors and coaches

We have about two dozen software engineers at Stile all from different walks of life. Some of them have been engineering for quite a long time and others are fresh in the business.

You’ll be paired up with one mentor at a time, someone who will help you with your day-to-day and be your go to person. Your mentor will have daily check-ins with you and assist you with all the nitty-gritty at Stile.

On top of that, you’ll have a direct manager who sits on the Senior Engineering Team. Your direct manager will be someone who’s worked as a software engineer for many years. They’ll coach and guide you towards creating a solid career foundation. You’ll get one-on-one (O3) meetings with them once a week and they’ll help you knock your goals out of the park.

Eligibility and selection criteria

• You’re a young woman or non-binary person that is finishing school in 2022 or have graduated from school in the last 24 months.
• You will have completed some Year 12 Maths.
• You can demonstrate an interest in science, maths, education, or something equivalent. Do you have a side project you’re working on? Do you tutor your friends? Do you have any other STEM interests?
• You’ll be 18 by 31 March 2023.
• Prior experience with code isn’t necessary, but you’re keen to learn! That said, we’d love to hear about any previous coding projects you’ve done.
• You live in Melbourne and will be able to commute into the Stile offices. Alternatively, you are in regional Victoria or interstate and would be willing to relocate.
• We will have a strong bias towards applicants from socially disadvantaged or minority groups.

Is this internship only for people in Melbourne?

Definitely not!

We’d like our interns to work with us in person at Stile HQ in the Melbourne CBD. This will be easiest for Melbourne locals. That said, we’re keen to talk to any promising candidates from any location in Australia who would be interested in relocating to Melbourne for the internship. For interstate or regional candidates, Stile is willing to offer both financial and personal support to make it possible for you to attend the internship in person.

If you’re thinking about applying but live interstate or in regional Victoria, get in touch, and we can discuss different types of support which may include:

• Subsidising commuting costs for regional Victorians
• Helping with relocation costs
• Helping with the cost of trips to visit family back home
• Helping you develop a social support network in Melbourne

How to apply

If this sounds like an interesting way to spend 2023, read on below then click apply.

Applications close 18th November 2022 at 5pm AEST

In your application, be sure to include the following:

Write us a letter or shoot us a video explaining why you should be selected for this internship and how you’re going to make the most of it. Tell us about your interests and passions. Check out stileeducation.com – what parts of Stile’s mission and values resonate the most with you? Tell us about any future career aspirations, though we don’t mind if you have no clue what you want to do, if that is the case, just say so!

Will your background bring something unique to Stile? We’d love to know more!

If you’ve persevered through economic, social or other challenges that most other kids likely haven’t, or if you’re from a disadvantaged background, tell us about it.

A resume that covers at the minimum:

• What Year 11 + 12 subjects you’ve taken or are completing now (don’t worry about giving us your scores in these subjects though)
• Your contact details, including your name, email address and phone number

And if you have any of the below (totally fine if not), we’d love for you to include this too:

• Any extra curricular activities you might be involved in
• An initiative, project or experience you are proud of that you would like to share with us
• Any work experience or jobs you’ve had
• Any contributions you’ve made to your community and ways you’ve helped those around you
• Any awards you’ve received
• Any coding you’ve done before, especially any websites or apps you’ve made.

Remember, we’ll not only evaluate what you say, but how you say it. We’re looking for clear written and verbal communicators.

Provide us with a brief letter from a teacher or your school principal letting us know why they think you’d be a good fit for this internship. Make sure it includes their contact details and that they’re happy for us to get in touch with them to chat about your application.

If you haven’t been in high school in over a year, you can also get a reference letter from your current boss, mentor, coach, or someone who can tell us more about you!

If we love your application, we’ll get in touch with you to organise an interview. These will run for a couple of hours (with breaks, don’t worry). We’ll ask you a range of questions to get to know you a little better and you’ll have a chance to ask us any questions you have too.

Key Dates:

• 18th November: Applications due
• 2nd December: We’ll let you know if you’ve got an interview
• 9th – 13th January: Interviews will take place
• 16th January: We’ll let you know if you’ve been successful