SDE Intern (Work From Home)

Since 2008, the company has run a comparison site for car insurance, mortgages and credit cards. Revenue comes from a mix of advertising, affiliate commissions and a premium tier.

About the role

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Our team is spread across 20 countries. Headquarters is in Abu Dhabi. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in Abu Dhabi, and the stipend is paid monthly in USD. Working hours follow Gulf time, Monday to Friday. Reliable internet and a power backup are a must.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.

Requirements

• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2027 batch)
• Available for a full-time (work from home) internship for the full duration.
• Can start right away or within the next two weeks.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

What you get out of it

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $600 - $650/month

What we offer

• Job offer on successful completion.
• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Laptop provided for the internship.

Include your expected salary and earliest start date with your application.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Al Muhairi Marketplace.