Software Developer Intern

About Houston Apps:

Founded in 2013, the business writes the billing, metering and customer portal software that small water and electric utilities run on. Built in Houston, our document management tool is used by county clerks, title companies and small law offices. Founded in 2013, we now have 90 employees.

About the role:

This is a hands-on coding internship. Most of the work is in Python and Node.js, with some SQL and a bit of shell scripting. Remote position. Most of the team is in Houston, but nobody is required to come in. We do not have many meetings. Most updates happen in writing.

Responsibilities:

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems

Who can apply:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• 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
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Duration: 12 weeks

Start date: Summer 2027

Stipend: $41.50-$48.50 per hour

Perks:

• Learning and development stipend
• Paid sick time
• Home office setup stipend
• Company laptop
• Flexible hours

This position requires a background check.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Houston Apps Inc..