Django Developer Intern

Cedarloft Labs employs 540 people across engineering hubs in Seattle and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day.

The internship

This is a hands-on coding internship. Most of the work is in Python and Node.js, with some SQL and a bit of shell scripting. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Seattle team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Our standups are at 9:00 AM Pacific.

Day to day

Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them. Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets. 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. 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. Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.

Requirements

Available for a full-time (work from home) internship for the full duration. Women returning to work after a career break are welcome to apply. 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. Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY). A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself. Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.

Bonus points

Contributions to an open source project, however small. Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP.

What you'll learn

How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored. Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure. Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it. You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $550 - $750 monthly

Perks

Job offer on successful completion. Performance bonus. Free access to paid learning courses. Mentorship from senior team members. Internet allowance.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Immediately.

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