Python Engineering Intern

We run a fiber backbone of over 20,000 route miles, plus data centers and network operations centers. Headquartered in Nantes, the company has 136,300 employees and contact centers in four locations.

Internship overview:

Saltbox Telecom is hiring a Python Engineering Intern for May 2027. Our Core Services 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 internship is fully remote. Interns join our Nantes team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Working hours overlap with Central European Time.

Your projects:

• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.

Who you are:

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.

Nice to have:

• Contributions to an open source project, however small.
• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef.
• Knowledge of Linux command line basics.

What you'll learn:

• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure.
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.
• 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.

Program dates: May 2027, 12 weeks.

Pay: $48.50 - $62.00/hr

What we offer:

• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Home office setup stipend.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Paid sick time.

We read every application and reply within about a week.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: May 2027.

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