Backend Engineering Intern

About Ryeford Computer Services

Clients have the owner's cell number, and the owner still takes the occasional Saturday call. Every tech does a bit of everything, from printer jams to firewall rules. Tickets live in ConnectWise and everyone logs time to the quarter hour.

About the role

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. Our headquarters is in Utrecht, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. You will intern remotely with our team in Utrecht. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Core hours are 10:00 to 15:00 CET.

Day to day

• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• 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
• 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

Requirements

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period

What you get out of it

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $42.50 - $48.00 an hour

Perks

• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Learning and development stipend
• Flexible hours
• Company laptop
• Paid sick time

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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