Python Engineering Intern

About Paddockpoint Labs

We run a marketplace with over 300,000 active sellers and fulfillment centers in four regions. Paddockpoint Labs operates consumer websites and apps used by tens of millions of people each month. We started in 2001 and have grown to about 480 people.

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. This role is fully remote within the US. Few meetings, lots of written updates. Day-to-day communication is in Slack and Google Meet.

Responsibilities

• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.

Who can apply

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.

What you get out of it

• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $45.00 to $54.50 an hour

Perks

• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Return offer opportunities.
• Paid sick time.
• Final presentation to leadership.

We review applications on a rolling basis.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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