Backend Engineering Intern, Spring 2027

Regional offices in Corpus Christi and five other cities support agents and policyholders. Most of the office has been here more than ten years.

Internship overview

Corpus Christi Insurance Agency is hiring a Backend Engineering Intern for Spring 2027. 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. This role is fully remote within the US. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async. Clear written English is a must, as the team works across time zones.

Your projects

• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.

Basic qualifications

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• 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.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics.
• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express.

What you'll learn

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

Program dates: Spring 2027, 16 weeks.

Intern pay: $41.00 - $54.00/hr

Benefits for interns

• Final presentation to leadership.
• Paid company holidays.
• Company laptop.
• Flexible hours.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Learning and development stipend.

Corpus Christi Insurance Agency is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

We review applications on a rolling basis.

Duration: 16 weeks. Start: Spring 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Corpus Christi Insurance Agency.