Are you ready to elevate your career in Information Technology within the dynamic realms of sports, retail, and fashion? Lids, the largest licensed sports retailer in North America, or any of other Lids locations, is offering an unparalleled opportunity through our 2025 Summer Internship in Information Technology. This program is meticulously designed to provide aspiring IT professionals with hands-on experience, mentorship, and exposure to real-world projects that drive business results.
About Lids
Operating out of Indianapolis, IN, Lids boasts over 1,300 locations across the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Australia. Our retail stores offer officially licensed headwear and apparel from collegiate and professional sports teams, featuring top brands like Nike, New Era, Adidas, and Mitchell & Ness. In recent years, we’ve built partnerships with iconic global brands, creating a community for both sports fans and fashion lovers.
Internship Program Overview
As an intern at Lids, you’ll be placed within one of our Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Product Teams, working on projects that enhance our internal and customer-facing applications. Under the guidance of experienced mentors, you’ll engage in activities such as:
- Analyzing requests to determine optimal solutions
- Meeting with end users and key stakeholders to document and clarify requirements
- Creating technical designs for code changes
- Developing code that meets business users’ requirements
- Testing your own code changes, as well as those of other developers
- Demonstrating enhancements to end users and key stakeholders
- Collaborating with the implementation team to merge code throughout test and production environments
This immersive experience is designed to complement and expand your classroom education, offering an opportunity to gain marketable career skills.
Who You Are?
We’re seeking candidates who are:
- Majoring in Data Analytics or CloudOps/Cloud Engineering (IT-related majors required)
- Experienced in one or more of the following: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, X++, VB .NET, C#, SQL, Oracle, PHP, Azure Data Factory, Azure DevOps
- Interested in system analysis, system design, software development and implementation, and software testing
- Innovative thinkers with strong communication skills
- Proven leaders and engaged students on campus
- Passionate about retail, sports, and business
Internship Requirements
To be considered for the internship program, applicants must:
- Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and be a full-time student pursuing a baccalaureate or higher degree in an IT-related field at an accredited college/university or attending an accredited 2-year college/university
- Be available for the entire duration of the internship from June 2, 2025, to August 1, 2025
- Be willing to work fully on-site at our corporate office in Indianapolis; if not local, you must be willing to relocate to the Indianapolis area for the summer
- Be expected to graduate between December 2025 and May 2026 (Junior status)
Intern Perks
As a Lids intern, you’ll enjoy:
- Competitive pay
- A $200/week housing stipend for non-local interns
- Opportunity for full-time placement after graduation
- Participation in meaningful projects that drive business results
- Executive exposure and mentorship
- Professional development workshops
- Daily collaboration with subject matter experts
- Snack attacks, cold brew coffee on tap, sports on the TVs!
- A casual work environment—Lids is a hat company, after all!
- A 40% associate discount.
