Industrial Placement, Software Engineering

Since 2017, the company has sold practice management software to dental and veterinary clinics in the UAE. We're looking for an Industrial Placement, Software Engineering. 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. Remote within the UAE. The team meets in Abu Dhabi once a quarter, travel covered. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short.

What you will do:

• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.

You should be:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Based in the UAE for the duration of the internship.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
• 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.

5 months, starting Jan 2027. Stipend: AED 9,100 - AED 10,500/month.

Perks: Mentorship, Online learning budget, Flexible hours.

We will only contact shortlisted applicants.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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