Software Developer Intern

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The internship

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

Day to day

• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.

Requirements

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• 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)

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics.
• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express.

What you get out of it

• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $40.00 - $55.50 per hour

What we offer

• Home office setup stipend.
• Return offer opportunities.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Company laptop.
• Learning and development stipend.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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