Industrial Placement, Software Engineering

More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Most engineers work remotely and come into the office one week a quarter for planning.

The program:

DBS Digital is hiring an Industrial Placement, Software Engineering for Immediately. This is a hands-on coding internship. Most of the work is in Python and Node.js, with some SQL and a bit of shell scripting. We are headquartered in Lakewood and have been hiring remotely since 2020. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Lakewood team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern.

What you'll do:

• 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.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.

Basic qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027.
• Based in the UK for the duration of the internship.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.

Preferred qualifications:

• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express.

What you'll learn:

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.

Program dates: Immediately, 6 months.

Compensation: £23.00 - £30.00 per hour

What we offer:

• Home working allowance.
• Reference on completion.
• Laptop provided.
• Flexible working hours.

You must have the right to work in the UK.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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