Backend Engineering Intern

About us:

More than 430 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it.

The internship:

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, open to candidates across the US. You get a company laptop and a headset before you start.

Responsibilities:

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028
• 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
• 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

Bonus points:

• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP
• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express
• Knowledge of Linux command line basics

What you get out of it:

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $48.00-$61.50 per hour

Perks:

• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Company laptop
• Learning and development stipend

Duration: 5 months. Start: Feb 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Mid-South Interactive.