Backend Engineering Intern

About us

Since 2014, the company has run a comparison site for car insurance, mortgages and credit cards. Built and run from Boston, the site connects pet owners with local sitters and dog walkers. Founded in 2014, we now have 140 employees.

The internship

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Equipment is provided, including a laptop.

Responsibilities

• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself

Nice to have

• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef
• Contributions to an open source project, however small

Duration: 16 weeks

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $52.00 - $56.50 per hour

What we offer

• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Company laptop
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

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

Duration: 16 weeks. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Thomas Media.