SDE Intern

About the internship

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Your day-to-day work will include:

1. Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.

2. Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.

3. Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems

4. Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same

5. Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack

Skill(s) required: Git, JavaScript, Java, English Proficiency (Written), Node.js

Who should apply

1. Have a working laptop and a stable internet connection, ideally with a UPS backup

2. Available for at least 30 hours a week, work from home

3. Final-year students or fresh graduates of BSCS, BSSE, BBA or a related program

Stipend: $350 - $370/month + incentives

Duration: 2 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Perks: Laptop provided for the internship, Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers, Letter of recommendation, 5 days a week, Internet allowance

Number of openings: 6

About Velvetline Digital

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.

Duration: 2 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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