Industrial Placement, Software Engineering

About Schmidt & Sons Electrical Contractors:

Apprentices train through a four-year program with classroom nights and on-the-job hours. Building automation and controls teams support hundreds of commercial clients. We started in 1994 and have grown to about 390 people. Tools are provided, though most techs bring their own hand tools.

Overview:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Remote internship with a team based in Ontario. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. You will need at least 3 hours of overlap with US Pacific time. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

Responsibilities:

• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks

Who can apply:

• Available for the full internship period
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself

What you'll learn:

• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $1,400 - $1,600 per month

Perks:

• Company laptop
• Online learning budget
• Paid public holidays
• Mentorship

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Schmidt & Sons Electrical Contractors.