Engineering Intern, Platform

Customers who call us usually reach someone who wrote the code they are asking about. Founded in 2008, we now have 12 employees. Code review is required on every pull request, and nobody merges their own changes.

Overview:

Our Platform 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. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish.

Responsibilities:

• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.

What we're looking for:

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2026 or 2027.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.

Preferred:

• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work.

What you get out of it:

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure.
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: $44.00-$59.00 per hour

What we offer:

• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Flexible hours.
• Paid company holidays.
• Company laptop.
• Home office setup stipend.
• Return offer opportunities.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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