Backend Development Intern

The product is a mobile app plus a React web dashboard, with a Python and PostgreSQL backend on AWS. We're looking for a Backend Development Intern. Our Integrations team is five engineers working fully remote across two time zones. The intern picks up small backend tickets first and moves to bigger features once comfortable. You will intern remotely with our team in Bristol. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Working hours overlap with UK business hours. Reliable internet and a power backup are a must.

What you will do

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.

Requirements

• Can start right away or within the next two weeks.
• Can commit full time, from home, for the whole internship.
• 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++.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.

6 months, starting immediately. Stipend: $650 - $900 per month.

Perks: Letter of recommendation, Free access to paid learning courses, Informal dress code.

Let us know your current notice period and salary expectations.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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