Engineering Intern, Platform

About us:

Since 2007, the company has sold practice management software to dental and veterinary clinics in the UAE. Founded in 2007, the business writes the billing, metering and customer portal software that small water and electric utilities run on.

Overview:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Dubai team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Working hours follow Gulf time, Monday to Friday. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

Day to day:

• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• 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.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.

Requirements:

• Eligible to work in Canada.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Based in Canada for the duration of the internship.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.

Nice to have:

• Contributions to an open source project, however small.
• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP.

Duration: 10-12 weeks

Start date: May 2027

Stipend: $49.00 - $50.00 per hour

Perks:

• Final presentation to leadership.
• Return offer opportunities.
• Flexible hours.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Duration: 10-12 weeks. Start: May 2027.

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