Industrial Placement, Software Engineering

Orders are packed by hand for two carrier pickups a day, and customer emails go to whoever is free. The founders built the first version of the site in 1994 on nights and weekends. Support shifts are shared, so engineers spend a few hours a quarter answering customer tickets.

Overview

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. The company is based in Bern, Switzerland. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. Remote internship with a team based in Bern. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

What you'll do

• 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
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems

Requirements

• Eligible to work in Spain
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026 or 2027
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

What you get out of it

• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• 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: €2,100-€2,150/month

What we offer

• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Flexible hours
• Company laptop
• Letter of recommendation

Duration: 3 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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