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.

The internship:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Remote, open to candidates across the US. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility.

Responsibilities:

• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• 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 for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection

Nice to have:

• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP
• Contributions to an open source project, however small
• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work

What you'll learn:

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Spring 2027

Stipend: $42.00 - $58.50 per hour

Perks:

• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Paid sick time
• Home office setup stipend
• Final presentation to leadership

This position requires a background check.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Spring 2027.

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