SDE Intern

Advertising, subscriptions and transaction fees each bring in a significant share of revenue. Ryeside HQ operates consumer websites and apps used by tens of millions of people each month. Support shifts are shared, so engineers spend a few hours a quarter answering customer tickets.

About the internship:

Ryeside HQ is hiring an SDE Intern for Dec 2026. We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. You will intern remotely with our team in Cologne. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Working hours overlap with Central European Time. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

Your projects:

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.

What we're looking for:

• Are able to join within 15 days.
• Women wanting to start or restart their career can also apply.
• Pursuing a B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, BS Computer Science or a related degree, graduating in 2026, 2027 or 2028.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.

Preferred qualifications:

• Contributions to an open source project, however small.
• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef.

What you'll learn:

• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure.
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers.

Program dates: Dec 2026, 6 months.

Pay: $600 - $800 per month

Benefits for interns:

• Performance bonus.
• Internet allowance.
• Mentorship from senior team members.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Free access to paid learning courses.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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