Backend Development Intern

About Jacksonville Digital

Small accounting firms in Florida use our engagement letter and e-signature tool, and most heard about us from a colleague. Our product started as a side project in 2015 and now has a few hundred paying customers, mostly in Florida. Founded in 2015, we now have 23 employees.

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. We are headquartered in Jacksonville and have been hiring remotely since 2020. You will intern remotely with our team in Jacksonville. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern.

What you'll do

• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• 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.
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.

Requirements

• Can start right away or within the next two weeks.
• Have their own laptop and a reliable internet connection.
• Are available for a full-time work from home internship for the entire duration.
• Women wanting to start or restart their career can also apply.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.

Bonus points

• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP.
• Knowledge of Linux command line basics.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: ₹47,000 - ₹59,000 monthly

Perks

• Internet allowance.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Laptop provided for the internship.
• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Immediately.

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