Python Engineering Intern

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The internship

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. Remote position. Most of the team is in Frederick, but nobody is required to come in. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. You will write a lot of updates, so clear written English is important.

Responsibilities

• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• 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
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• 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
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• 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++
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• 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

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Spring 2027

Stipend: $45.50-$54.50 per hour

What we offer

• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Company laptop
• Home office setup stipend
• Flexible hours
• Final presentation to leadership

Agencies: please do not contact us about this role.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Spring 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Tamarackridge Interactive, LLC.