Industrial Placement, Software Engineering

Our practice areas include healthcare, higher education, science and technology, and aviation. We're looking for an Industrial Placement, Software Engineering. 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. We are headquartered in Stockton and have been hiring remotely since 2020. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Stockton team on daily calls and get a named mentor. You will need at least 3 hours of overlap with US Pacific time. A quiet workspace and good internet are required.

The work

Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result. Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day. Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works. Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack. Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.

You should be

Eligible to work in Portugal. Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028. Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work. Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period. Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.

5 months, starting Mar 2027. Stipend: €1,350 - €1,700 per month.

Perks: Flexible hours, Letter of recommendation, Mentorship.

Let us know your current notice period and salary expectations.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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