SDE Intern

Who we are:

More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. Most engineers work remotely and come into the office one week a quarter for planning.

Overview:

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. Our headquarters is in Houston, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. You will intern remotely with our team in Houston. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. We send you a laptop and the accessories you need on day one.

What you'll do:

• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems

What we're looking for:

• Have a working laptop and a stable internet connection
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2026, 2027 or 2028 batch)
• Available for a full-time (work from home) internship for the full duration
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• 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 2026, 2027 or 2028
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express
• Knowledge of Linux command line basics
• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef

Duration: 2 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: ₹41,000 to ₹50,000 per month

Perks:

• Internet allowance
• Flexible work hours
• Free access to paid learning courses
• 5 days a week

Duration: 2 months. Start: Immediately.

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