SDE Intern

Sprucewater Labs is a 21-person software shop in Kathmandu. The founders still answer support tickets. Everything runs on a single Rails app and one Postgres database, deployed on Heroku.

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 Kathmandu, but nobody is required to come in.

Day to day:

• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• 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.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.

What we're looking for:

• Available for the full internship period, work from home.
• Students or recent graduates of BIT, BCA, BBA, BBS or a related program.
• Own laptop and a reliable internet connection.
• 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.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• Pursuing a B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, BS Computer Science or a related degree, graduating in 2027 or 2028.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.

What you'll learn:

• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers.
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: NPR 23,000-NPR 27,000 pcm

Perks:

• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers.
• Performance bonus.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Internet allowance.
• Free access to paid learning courses.
• Flexible work hours.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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