Java Developer Intern

Who we are

Chesapeake Business Technology is a managed services provider with 450 employees, supporting more than 1,500 client organisations across the US. Across Illinois, the company runs 14 branch offices and a central depot for hardware staging and imaging. Our dress code is a company polo and clean jeans.

The internship

This is a hands-on coding internship. Most of the work is in Python and Node.js, with some SQL and a bit of shell scripting. Our headquarters is in Chicago, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. Remote internship with a team based in Chicago. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT. You will need a stable internet connection and a backup power source (UPS or inverter).

Responsibilities

• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage

Requirements

• Are able to join within 15 days
• Available for a full-time (work from home) internship for the full duration
• Pursuing a B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, BS Computer Science or a related degree, graduating in 2026, 2027 or 2028
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $650 to $700/month

Perks

• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers
• Laptop provided for the internship
• Certificate
• Informal dress code

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Chesapeake Business Technology.