Backend Engineering Intern

Who we are:

Headquartered in New York City since 1999, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

Overview:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning.

What you'll do:

• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day

Who can apply:

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection

Bonus points:

• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express
• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef

Duration: 10-12 weeks

Start date: June 2027

Stipend: $50.00 - $50.50 per hour

Perks:

• Final presentation to leadership
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Flexible hours
• Return offer opportunities

Agencies: please do not contact us about this role.

Duration: 10-12 weeks. Start: June 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at FE Apps, LLC.