Backend Engineering Intern

Since 1999, growth has come by referral, mostly from auditors and insurance brokers. Founded in 1999, we now have 49 employees. We write internal post-mortems after every major engagement, including what went wrong.

Overview:

Our Integrations 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. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Dublin team on daily calls and get a named mentor. You will need to be available during UK office hours, at least until 3:00 PM GMT. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

Day to day:

Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same. 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. Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer. Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result. Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.

Requirements:

Based in the US for the duration of the internship. Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply. Available 40 hours a week for the full internship. Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028. Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work. Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects. Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection. Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY). Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++. Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.

What you get out of it:

Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next. How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.

Duration: 10-12 weeks

Start date: Summer 2027

Stipend: $41.00 - $54.00 an hour

Perks:

Flexible hours. Home office setup stipend. Paid sick time. Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.

Duration: 10-12 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Suir Cyber Ltd.