Python Developer Intern

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About the role

Our Platform team is five engineers working fully remote across two time zones. The intern picks up small backend tickets first and moves to bigger features once comfortable. We are headquartered in Henderson and have been hiring remotely since 2020. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Henderson team on daily calls and get a named mentor. You will need at least 3 hours of overlap with US Pacific time. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Day to day

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result

Requirements

• Have their own laptop and a reliable internet connection
• Are able to join within 15 days
• Women starting or restarting their careers are encouraged to apply
• 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++
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

What you get out of it

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure

Duration: 2 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $550 - $700/month

What we offer

• Free access to paid learning courses
• Mentorship from senior team members
• Laptop provided for the internship

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Duration: 2 months. Start: Immediately.

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