Backend Development Intern

About the work from home internship

This is a hands-on coding internship. Most of the work is in Python and Node.js, with some SQL and a bit of shell scripting. Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems

2. Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.

3. Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.

4. Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer

5. Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets

6. Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result

7. Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.

Skill(s) required: Java, English Proficiency (Written), REST API, Node.js, Python, Git

Eligibility

1. Can start immediately or within two weeks

2. Women returning to work after a career break are welcome to apply

Stipend: $600 to $640 monthly (fixed)

Duration: 3 months | Start date: Immediately

Perks: Free access to paid learning courses, Flexible work hours, Job offer on successful completion, 5 days a week, Performance bonus

Number of openings: 2

About the company

Products include endpoint protection, email security and a cloud posture management platform. We operate security operations centres on three continents, so alerts are triaged by analysts on day shift wherever they arrive. We started in 1992 and have grown to about 3,500 people.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

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