Front End Developer Intern

About us:

Staghurst IT is a small IT shop: the owner, four technicians and a part-time office manager. Founded in 2021, we now have 24 employees. Certification exams are paid for, and passing one comes with a raise.

The internship:

Staghurst IT needs a web development intern to help build and maintain our customer dashboard and marketing pages. The stack is React, Node.js and MongoDB. Remote, open to candidates across the US. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish.

What you'll do:

Push code to GitHub through feature branches and pull requests. Improve page load times by compressing images, lazy loading and trimming unused code. Check pages with Lighthouse and fix accessibility issues such as missing alt text and low contrast. Build reusable UI components and add them to the shared component library. Set up basic SEO tags, sitemaps and redirects when new pages go live. Fix layout bugs across Chrome, Safari and Firefox, and on small mobile screens. Write simple Express.js routes and MongoDB queries for new features.

What we're looking for:

Based in the US for the duration of the internship. Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply. Available 40 hours a week for the full internship. Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028. Laptop that can run Node.js and VS Code smoothly, and a stable internet connection. Willing to learn new tools quickly and ask questions when blocked. Able to commit 25 to 40 hours a week for at least 3 months. Basic Git: cloning, branching, committing and opening a pull request.

Preferred:

Some knowledge of MongoDB, MySQL or Firebase. Experience with Next.js or TypeScript. Projects deployed on Vercel, Netlify or Render.

What you'll learn:

Certificate, letter of recommendation and flexible hours during exams. Writing frontend code that other people can read and maintain. Proper Git workflow with branches, reviews and release tags. You will push code that goes live on a site with real traffic.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $35.00 - $44.00/hr

What we offer:

Flexible hours. Company laptop. Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager. Learning and development stipend. Home office setup stipend.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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