Software Developer Intern (Summer 2027)

About us

School districts license our reading and math curriculum for grades K through 8. Instructional designers, video editors and subject matter experts work together on each course. Founded in 2002, we now have 60 employees. Most of the team are former teachers.

Overview

Our Integrations 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. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US.

Day to day

• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage

Requirements

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Available 40 hours a week for the full 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
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours

Duration: 10-12 weeks

Start date: Summer 2027

Stipend: $41.00 - $58.00 per hour

What we offer

• Paid sick time
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager

New hires usually start two to three weeks after accepting an offer.

Duration: 10-12 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Swallowview Learning LLC.