Backend Development Intern

About Heronhook

Customers use our platform to manage equipment rentals: reservations, check-out, damage photos, invoicing and QuickBooks sync. Since 2011, the company has sold practice management software to dental and veterinary clinics in Qatar. Laptops are MacBook Pros, and you pick your own editor.

Overview

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 team is spread across 14 countries. Headquarters is in Doha. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in Doha, and the stipend is paid monthly in USD. Working hours follow Gulf time, Monday to Friday. Please make sure you have dependable internet and backup power.

Responsibilities

• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.

Requirements

• Available for a full-time (work from home) internship for the full duration.
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2027 batch)
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.

Preferred

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics.
• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work.

What you get out of it

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure.
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Within 2 weeks

Stipend: $600 - $800/month

What we offer

• Internet allowance.
• Mentorship from senior team members.
• 5 days a week.
• Informal dress code.
• Free access to paid learning courses.

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Heronhook.