Planning is done in RightCapital and portfolios are managed in Orion.
ABOUT THE ROLE
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 New York City. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET. We send you a laptop and the accessories you need on day one.
DAY TO DAY
- Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
- Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
- Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
- Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
- Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
- Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
- Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
- Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
REQUIREMENTS
- Final-year students or recent graduates of BSc in CSE, EEE, BBA or a related subject.
- Own laptop and a reliable internet connection.
- Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
- Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
- Pursuing a B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, BS Computer Science or a related degree, graduating in 2027 or 2028.
- Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
- Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
- Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
BONUS POINTS
- Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP.
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.
- How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
- Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.
Duration: 2 months
Start date: Jan 2027
Stipend: $400 to $500 monthly
PERKS
- 5 days a week.
- Letter of recommendation.
- Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers.
- Internet allowance.
Duration: 2 months. Start: Jan 2027.
Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Ledgerpost.