Backend Engineering Intern

Two developers, a designer and a support lead make up most of the company, so everyone touches the product. We're looking for a Backend Engineering Intern. 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. Remote within the US. The team meets in Oklahoma City once a quarter, travel covered. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

The work:

• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• 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.

Requirements:

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.

3 months, starting Jan 2027. Stipend: $37.00-$45.50 an hour.

Perks: Learning and development stipend, Flexible hours, Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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