Backend Engineering Intern

Regional offices in Madison and five other cities support agents and policyholders. We're looking for a Backend Engineering Intern. 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. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Flexible hours with a daily team call in the morning.

What you will do:

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result

You should be:

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

6 months, starting Mar 2027. Stipend: $47.00-$49.00 an hour.

Perks: Return offer opportunities, Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual), Flexible hours, Final presentation to leadership.

New hires usually start two to three weeks after accepting an offer.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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