Backend Engineering Intern

ABOUT SCHMIDT & SONS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS:

Apprentices train through a four-year program with classroom nights and on-the-job hours. Building automation and controls teams support hundreds of commercial clients. We started in 1994 and have grown to about 390 people. Tools are provided, though most techs bring their own hand tools.

OVERVIEW:

Our Internal Tools 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 team is spread across 17 countries. Headquarters is in Ontario. You will intern remotely with our team in Ontario. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Our standups are at 9:00 AM Pacific. You get a company laptop and a headset before you start.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• 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

REQUIREMENTS:

• Based in Canada for the duration of the internship
• Available for the full internship period
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: $42.00 to $57.50 per hour

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Final presentation to leadership
• Company laptop
• Return offer opportunities

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Dec 2026.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Schmidt & Sons Electrical Contractors.