Django Developer Intern

About Purlin Software

Clients range from single-location retailers to franchise groups with hundreds of stores, all running our point-of-sale and loyalty software. Founded in 2011, the business writes the billing, metering and customer portal software that small water and electric utilities run on.

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. Remote position. Most of the team is in Lahore, but nobody is required to come in. Please make sure you have dependable internet and backup power.

What you'll do

• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• 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
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage

What we're looking for

• Available for at least 30 hours a week, work from home
• Based anywhere in Pakistan
• Final-year students or fresh graduates of BSCS, BSSE, BBA or a related program
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours

What you get out of it

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• 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

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: PKR 55,000 - PKR 70,000 per month

What we offer

• Flexible work hours
• Laptop provided for the internship
• Letter of recommendation
• Job offer on successful completion
• Performance bonus

We are reviewing applications as they arrive, so apply early.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Purlin Software (Pvt.) Ltd..