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About the Role
The Athletic is accepting applications for its Leon H. Carter Internship Program for Summer 2026! Our program mission is to attract and develop the industry’s next stars. Interns will be embedded on our Engineering teams, which will expose them to every facet of the team. They will work closely with one of our full time Engineers on a project designed by the team. Our Engineers will support the engineer to launch features and projects into production.
Leon H. Carter is the Editor at Large at The Athletic. Prior to joining The Athletic in 2021, he was a VP at ESPN. He also worked 15 years at the NY Daily News. Under his leadership, the NYDN won numerous national awards. In 1993, he helped create the Sports Journalism Institute to improve diversity at media outlets. In 2022, he received the Red Smith Award, one of the highest honors in sports journalism.
The rate of pay for this role is $30.00 USD per hour.
This role is 100% remote for candidates based in either the United States or Canada.
The application deadline is November, 17, 2025.
Responsibilities
- Work on project(s) designed by a mentor/ teammates.
- Collaborate with Engineers to build the project.
- Write clean/maintainable code.
- Debug/troubleshoot issues.
- Learn and apply new technologies, tools, and frameworks as needed.
- Engage in team meetings, and stand-ups.
- Potential opportunities to work with Product, Design and other cross-functional disciplines.
Requirements
- This role is open to current undergraduates (ideally in their junior or senior year), recent graduates, and recent boot camp graduates.
- Must be based in either the United States or Canada and be have the ability to work 30-40 hours per week.
- Experience in Javascript is highly preferred.
- Additionally, experience in the one or more of the following technologies would be useful, but not required:
- ReactJS
- Apollo GraphQL
- AWS (Dynamo, S3, among others)
- Git/GitHub
- PHP
- Knowledge and interest in sports is a plus, but not required.
- And most importantly… bring your enthusiasm and desire to learn!
Application Directions
- Submit an up to date resume when applying.
- Provide 2 letters of recommendation.
- Providing a link to a side project/GitHub is optional to showcase any of your work.
The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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