Python Engineering Intern

Who we are

Small businesses use our merchant services for card processing, POS terminals and next-day funding. Our advisors handle retirement planning, investment management and estate coordination for about 900 households.

The internship

Our Integrations 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. The company is based in Montpellier, France. The team is spread across multiple countries. You will intern remotely with our team in Montpellier. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Working hours overlap with Central European Time. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

Day to day

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. 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. Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same. Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems. Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.

Requirements

Available 40 hours a week for the full internship. Based in the US for the duration of the internship. Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2026 or 2027. Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests. Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period. Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours. Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work. Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects. Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.

Nice to have

Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef.

What you get out of it

Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers. Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $48.50 - $62.50 an hour

Perks

Company laptop. Learning and development stipend. Flexible hours. Return offer opportunities. Paid company holidays. Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual).

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

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