Industrial Placement, Software Engineering

About Väst Apps:

More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts.

Overview:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in Sweden. Weekday working hours, with room to shift your day when needed. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

What you'll do:

• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger

Who can apply:

• Based in Sweden for the duration of the internship
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Available for the full internship period
• Eligible to work in Sweden
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: SEK 17,000 to SEK 21,500/month

Perks:

• Mentorship
• Company laptop
• Internet allowance

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Feb 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Väst Apps AB.