The Echo Trailblazers internship gives you the confidence, community, and communication skills needed to forge a new path. As a member of the Echo Global Logistics team, you’ll work on real-world projects, learn from logistics legends, and work toward a common goal: simplifying transportation for our clients and carriers. You will be on the road to success as an Echo Trailblazer!
Spend your summer working within Echo’s Technology team! Echo recently ranked as the second-largest digital company by employee size in Chicago and we continue growing virtually all our technical teams. As part of our team, you will contribute to engineering of large-scale web-based applications to enable Echo’s business while supporting architectural vision of quality, scalability, performance and function. Our proprietary software is created with the goal to simplify transportation for our customers and carriers, and is one of our largest competitive advantages in an ever-growing market.
What We're Looking for
Passion for Logistics: A keen interest and willingness to learn and try new things
Possess a can-do attitude and believes anything is possible with the right focus
Be organized, professional, and coachable with strong problem solving, communication, time management, and project management skills
Team Player: Willingness to collaborate and support the team in various ways
What You'll Gain
Hands-On Experience: Work on impactful opportunities related to our clients and company
Career Development: Enhance your skills and build a strong work ethic
Network Opportunities: Connect with industry professionals and attend company events
Software Engineer Responsibilities & Job Duties
Design, develop, test, document and present new automated solutions to improve current or create new products and processes
Work to develop one or several of our web-based product offerings
Reduce build, deployment and configuration complexity for custom and third-party applications through automated solutions
Carry out root-cause analysis on defects to ensure fixes are happening in the right way
Troubleshoot legacy programming code written in multiple different languages
Open to new ideas and encourages innovative practices amongst peers
What's in it for You?
10-week paid internship working alongside various teams at Echo
Join a vibrant team with casual dress in a collaborative, can-do environment
Ability to introduce your own views and takes on our product offerings
Work in the full software delivery life-cycle
Ability to constantly enhance and improve applications
Enjoy a remote working model
Learning resources outside your day-to-day roles
Exposure to real-business experiences
Potential for full-time employment
Requirements
Must be able to start May 24th, 2027 and complete the entire 10 week program
Currently enrolled at a university as a rising senior, with at least one semester remaining after completion of internship
Able to work in our Chicago office 3 days and hybrid 2 days a week
No major or GPA requirements
Echo Global Logistics is a leading provider of technology-enabled solutions and supply chain management. We utilize technology to simplify transportation management for our clients and carriers by handling the critical tasks on their behalf so they can focus on what they do best. From coast to coast, dock to dock, and across all major transportation modes, Echo connects businesses that ship their products with carriers who transport those goods quickly, securely, and cost-effectively.
Benefits
For more information about our benefit offerings, please visit our careers page at https://www.echo.com/company/careers.
Compensation
$35,223.00-50,166.00 per yearSkills Required
- Currently enrolled at a university
- Be a rising senior
- Have at least one semester remaining after completing the internship
- Be available to start May 24, 2027
- Complete the entire 10-week internship program
- Work in the Chicago office three days per week and hybrid two days per week
- Strong problem-solving, communication, time-management, project-management, collaboration, and organizational skills
Echo Global Logistics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Echo Global Logistics and has not been reviewed or approved by Echo Global Logistics.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, vision, and dental coverage with PPO or HDHP options, telehealth via MDLive, and an EAP are highlighted as robust. Reported benefit ratings place core healthcare features above average relative to other areas.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid bonding/parental leave and family supports like a Care.com membership are prominently offered. Parental leave is consistently described as a strong aspect of the package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness perks such as Peloton access, gym discounts, volunteer time off, and pet insurance broaden the offering. These lifestyle benefits are positioned as notable strengths alongside core coverage.
Echo Global Logistics Insights
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What We Do
Echo is a leading provider of technology-enabled business process outsourcing, serving the transportation and logistics needs of our clients. Our proprietary web-based technology, dedicated service teams and robust procurement power enables our clients to see significant transportation savings while receiving best-in-class service.
Why Work With Us
At Echo you don’t just have a job—you have a career. Passion for what you do keeps you on the road to success. It’s teamwork and relationships that make our team truly successful. The chance to work alongside friends, have your voice heard, and be mentored by those who genuinely want to see you grow and thrive makes every day even better.
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