Python Engineering Intern

Headquartered in Kansas City since 2002, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. Releases go out Tuesday mornings, never on Fridays.

Overview

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. Remote position. Most of the team is in Kansas City, but nobody is required to come in.

What you'll do

• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• 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
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

What you get out of it

• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $43.00 - $43.50 per hour

What we offer

• Paid company holidays
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Paid sick time
• Final presentation to leadership

Duration: 4 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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