Python Engineering Intern

About us:

Since 2013, the company has served small towns that larger carriers skipped. Safety meetings are every Monday at 7 a.m., before trucks roll.

About the role:

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. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

Day to day:

• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day

What we're looking for:

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++

Preferred:

• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express
• Contributions to an open source project, however small

Duration: 12 weeks

Start date: Summer 2027

Stipend: $48.50 to $58.50 an hour

What we offer:

• Paid company holidays
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Company laptop

We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

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