Industrial Placement, Software Engineering

Coalfield HQ runs an online marketplace where homeowners book local handymen, cleaners and movers. Local news, classifieds and event listings for California make up the core of the site. Experiments run constantly, and most product decisions follow A/B test results.

The internship:

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. Our team is spread across 17 countries. Headquarters is in Los Angeles. You will intern remotely with our team in Los Angeles. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Our standups are at 9:00 AM Pacific. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

Responsibilities:

• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks

What we're looking for:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027
• Available for the full internship period
• Eligible to work in Ukraine
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Nice to have:

• Contributions to an open source project, however small
• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work
• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef

What you get out of it:

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: $1,900 - $1,950 monthly

What we offer:

• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Certificate of completion
• Mentorship

Duration: 3 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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