Backend Engineering Intern

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

About the internship

Frisco Data is hiring a Backend Engineering Intern for June 2027. Our Platform 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. Remote within the US. The team meets in Frisco once a quarter, travel covered. Weekday working hours, with room to shift your day when needed. Equipment is provided, including a laptop.

Responsibilities

• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.

Who you are

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

Preferred qualifications

• Contributions to an open source project, however small.
• Knowledge of Linux command line basics.

What you'll learn

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers.

Program dates: June 2027, 10-12 weeks.

Intern pay: $40.00 to $52.00 an hour

What we offer

• Company laptop.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Paid company holidays.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Final presentation to leadership.

Frisco Data is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

This position requires a background check.

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

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