SDE Intern

Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. We're looking for an SDE Intern. We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Remote position. Most of the team is in Colombo, but nobody is required to come in. Please make sure you have dependable internet and backup power.

What you will do:

• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day

You should be:

• Own laptop and a reliable internet connection
• Based in Sri Lanka
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests

2 months, starting Within 2 weeks. Stipend: LKR 65,000-LKR 75,000 per month.

Perks: Job offer on successful completion, Performance bonus, Flexible work hours.

Duration: 2 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Colombo Cloud (Pvt) Ltd.