Full Stack Developer Placement Student

About Pritchard

Pritchard is a small weekly newspaper with 2 employees. Small newsroom, one press day a week, and an office on the square. Weekend and holiday shifts rotate across the newsroom.

The internship

Our Web Platform team runs the company website, admin panel and a few internal tools. The intern will help on all three. This role is fully remote within Ireland. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Responsibilities

• Check pages with Lighthouse and fix accessibility issues such as missing alt text and low contrast
• Write simple Express.js routes and MongoDB queries for new features
• Push code to GitHub through feature branches and pull requests
• Fix layout bugs across Chrome, Safari and Firefox, and on small mobile screens
• Update content and plugins on the WordPress marketing site

What we're looking for

• Eligible to work in Ireland
• Available for the full internship period
• Based in Ireland for the duration of the internship
• Portfolio, GitHub or live project links showing at least two websites you built
• Hands-on practice with React or Angular through projects or coursework
• 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

What you'll learn

• You will push code that goes live on a site with real traffic
• Proper Git workflow with branches, reviews and release tags

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: €2,250 - €2,700 per month

What we offer

• Reference on completion
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview
• Laptop provided
• Access to online training

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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