Engineering Intern, Platform

Public sector agencies, utilities and large health systems license our asset management platform under multi-year contracts. More than 9,000 organizations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts.

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. This role is fully remote within the US. You can set your own hours around a daily morning check-in. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

Day to day

• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack

Who can apply

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects

Bonus points

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics
• Contributions to an open source project, however small

What you'll learn

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure

Duration: 12 weeks

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $50.00-$54.50 per hour

Perks

• Paid sick time
• Company laptop
• Home office setup stipend
• Learning and development stipend

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Furrowbrook Data, LLC.