Software Developer Intern

About us

Our office is in a converted house near downtown Chicago. KH Lending is a fee-only advisory practice with two advisors, a paraplanner and an office manager.

About the role

Our Internal Tools team is five engineers working fully remote across two time zones. The intern picks up small backend tickets first and moves to bigger features once comfortable. Remote position. Most of the team is in Chicago, but nobody is required to come in. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish. You get a company laptop and a headset before you start.

What you'll do

• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects

Preferred

• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work
• Knowledge of Linux command line basics

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $48.00 - $51.00 per hour

Perks

• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Return offer opportunities
• Home office setup stipend
• Flexible hours
• Paid company holidays

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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