Backend Engineering Intern (Remote)

We employ 540 journalists, producers, engineers and sales staff. Corporate functions, including digital product and ad operations, are based in Southaven. Breaking news means staying late, and comp time makes up for it.

About the role

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 Southaven once a quarter, travel covered.

What you'll do

• 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
• 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
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same

Requirements

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• 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
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Preferred

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics
• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP

What you'll learn

• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next

Duration: 10 weeks

Start date: May 2027

Stipend: $51.00 to $54.50 per hour

What we offer

• Flexible hours
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Home office setup stipend
• Final presentation to leadership

Duration: 10 weeks. Start: May 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at The Southaven Times.