Engineering Intern, Platform

Projects under development total another 8 gigawatts across New York. We have more than 5 gigawatts of renewable capacity in operation.

Overview:

Our Integrations 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. This role is fully remote within the US. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async.

Day to day:

• 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
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks

Who can apply:

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2026 or 2027
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Bonus points:

• Contributions to an open source project, however small
• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express
• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $43.00 to $50.50/hr

Perks:

• Learning and development stipend
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Return offer opportunities
• Flexible hours
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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