Backend Engineering Intern

We put over 80,000 people to work each week in industrial, office, IT and healthcare roles. Commission is paid monthly on gross margin.

About the role

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Remote position. Most of the team is in New York City, but nobody is required to come in. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Day to day

• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.

Who can apply

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.

Bonus points

• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work.
• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express.
• Contributions to an open source project, however small.

What you'll learn

• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.

Duration: 12 weeks

Start date: May 2027

Stipend: $45.50 - $54.00 per hour

What we offer

• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Flexible hours.
• Return offer opportunities.
• Home office setup stipend.

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: May 2027.

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