Backend Development Intern

Clerc & Meier is a management and technology consulting firm with 2,200 employees worldwide. Headquartered in Zürich, the firm is employee-owned. Every new hire gets a mentor outside their reporting line.

About the role

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. Our headquarters is in Zürich, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Zürich team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Working hours overlap with Central European Time. Reliable internet and a power backup are a must.

Day to day

• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer

What we're looking for

• Own a laptop and have stable internet at home, ideally with a UPS backup
• Available for at least 30 hours a week, work from home
• Final-year students or fresh graduates of BSCS, BSSE, BBA or a related program
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself

Duration: 2 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $400 to $450 monthly

What we offer

• Job offer on successful completion
• 5 days a week
• Mentorship from senior team members
• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers
• Free access to paid learning courses
• Internet allowance

Duration: 2 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Clerc & Meier AG.