Django Developer Intern

About the internship

Our Core Services team is five engineers working fully remote across two time zones. The intern picks up small backend tickets first and moves to bigger features once comfortable. Your day-to-day work will include:

1. Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack

2. Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result

3. Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.

4. Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets

5. Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks

6. Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger

7. Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.

Skill(s) required: Data Structures, English Proficiency (Written), REST API, Python

Who should apply

1. Undergraduates or recent graduates in IT, computer science, management or a related field

2. Available for the full internship period

Stipend: LKR 55,000 - LKR 70,000 a month

Duration: 3 months | Start date: Jan 2027

Perks: Mentorship from senior team members, Internet allowance, 5 days a week, Job offer on successful completion, Free access to paid learning courses, Certificate

Number of openings: 4

About the company

Headquartered in Colombo since 1987, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. We started in 1987 and have grown to about 470 people. We keep recurring meetings to Tuesdays and Thursdays where we can.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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