Software Developer Placement Student

About us:

Our office is in a converted house near downtown El Paso. We know our clients well, often three generations of the same family. Founded in 2001, we now have 13 employees. Licensing exams (SIE, Series 7, Series 66) are paid for, with study time during work hours.

Overview:

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. You will intern remotely with our team in El Paso. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT.

What you'll do:

• 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.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.

What we're looking for:

• Available for the full internship period.
• Eligible to work in South Africa.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• 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.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.

Preferred:

• Contributions to an open source project, however small.
• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP.
• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express.

What you'll learn:

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $1,900 - $2,000 monthly

What we offer:

• Flexible hours.
• Online learning budget.
• Internet allowance.

Candidates must be eligible to work in.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at El Paso Payments.