Backend Engineering Intern

About us:

We work with Fortune 500 companies, federal agencies and large health systems.

The internship:

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. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

Day to day:

• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.

What we're looking for:

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.

Nice to have:

• Contributions to an open source project, however small.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $40.00 - $56.00/hr

Perks:

• Learning and development stipend.
• Final presentation to leadership.
• Return offer opportunities.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

We review applications on a rolling basis.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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