Python Engineering Intern

About us:

Large rollouts are routine here, such as imaging 12,000 laptops for a state agency over one summer. Brickset is a managed services provider with 800 employees, supporting more than 1,500 client organizations across the US. Our dress code is a company polo and clean jeans.

Overview:

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. Remote, open to candidates across the US. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async.

What you'll do:

• 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.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.

Requirements:

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2026 or 2027.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• 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.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.

What you'll learn:

• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers.
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: $49.50-$60.00 per hour

Perks:

• Final presentation to leadership.
• Company laptop.
• Home office setup stipend.
• Return offer opportunities.

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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