Java Developer Intern

Our engineering group is split into roughly 60 product teams, each owning its services end to end, with on-call shared across time zones. More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. Founded in 1992, we now have 6,100 employees. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

Internship overview

Skiffpath is hiring a Java Developer Intern for Immediately. The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. The company is based in London, the UK. The team is distributed across several countries. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in London, and the stipend is paid monthly in USD. You will need to be available during UK office hours, at least until 3:00 PM GMT.

What you'll do

• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result

Who you are

• Undergraduates or recent graduates in IT, computer science, management or a related field
• Available for the full internship period
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• 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++

Preferred qualifications

• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express
• Knowledge of Linux command line basics

What you get out of it

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it

Program dates: Immediately, 6 months.

Compensation: $400-$450 monthly

Perks

• Mentorship from senior team members
• Laptop provided for the internship
• Letter of recommendation
• Job offer on successful completion

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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