Django Developer Intern

About the internship

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works

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

3. Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.

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

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

6. Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations

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

8. Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day

Skill(s) required: Git, SQL, JavaScript, Node.js, Java, Python

Eligibility

1. Available for the full internship period

2. Own laptop and a reliable internet connection

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

Stipend: LKR 115,000 - LKR 135,000 pcm

Duration: 2 months

Start date: Within 2 weeks

Perks: Performance bonus, Flexible work hours, Certificate, Free access to paid learning courses, Internet allowance

Number of openings: 4

About Skiffpath

Our engineering group is split into roughly 60 product teams, each owning its services end to end, with on-call shared across time zones. More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. Founded in 1992, we now have 6,100 employees. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

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

Duration: 2 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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