Industrial Placement, Software Engineering (Remote)

More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. Product, engineering and support teams work out of offices in New York City, New York and two nearshore delivery centres. Most engineers work remotely and come into the office one week a quarter for planning.

About the role:

Our Integrations 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. Remote internship with a team based in New York City. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern. Clear written English is a must, as the team works across time zones.

Day to day:

• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• 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.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.

What we're looking for:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Eligible to work in Colombia.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: COP 3,600,000 - COP 5,000,000/month

Perks:

• Letter of recommendation.
• Internet allowance.
• Mentorship.
• Online learning budget.

Include your expected salary and earliest start date with your application.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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