Software Developer Intern

About us

Headquartered in Kansas City since 2002, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. Releases go out Tuesday mornings, never on Fridays.

Overview

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. This role is fully remote within the US. We do not have many meetings. Most updates happen in writing. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Day to day

• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• 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
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection

Duration: 10 weeks

Start date: June 2027

Stipend: $38.50 - $49.50/hr

Perks

• Company laptop
• Final presentation to leadership
• Home office setup stipend
• Paid company holidays
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Learning and development stipend

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

Duration: 10 weeks. Start: June 2027.

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