Django Developer Intern

More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. Our engineering group is split into roughly 60 product teams, each owning its services end to end, with on-call shared across time zones. We started in 1996 and have grown to about 270 people.

Overview

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. Remote, open to candidates across Sri Lanka. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer

Who can apply

• Available for the full internship period
• Own laptop and a reliable internet connection
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Preferred

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics
• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP

What you'll learn

• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: LKR 60,000 to LKR 70,000 a month

What we offer

• Laptop provided for the internship
• 5 days a week
• Mentorship from senior team members

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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