Backend Engineering Intern

About us:

School districts license our reading and math curriculum for grades K through 8. Instructional designers, video editors and subject matter experts work together on each course. Founded in 2002, we now have 60 employees. Most of the team are former teachers.

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 Philadelphia once a quarter, travel covered. Flexible hours with a daily team call in the morning. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

Responsibilities:

• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• 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.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.

What we're looking for:

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028.
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

Nice to have:

• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef.
• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work.
• Contributions to an open source project, however small.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $48.00 - $50.00 an hour

What we offer:

• Home office setup stipend.
• Final presentation to leadership.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Return offer opportunities.

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

Duration: 3 months. Start: Feb 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Swallowview Learning LLC.