Software Developer Placement Student

About EMN Benefits:

We employ 660 people across underwriting, claims, actuarial, IT and customer service. EMN Benefits is a property and casualty insurer writing policies in 30 states through independent agents.

About the role:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Our headquarters is in Columbus, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in Columbus, and the stipend is paid monthly in USD. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

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
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day

What we're looking for:

• Eligible to work in Cyprus
• Available 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
• 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

What you'll learn:

• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $2,300-$2,700 monthly

What we offer:

• Mentorship
• Company laptop
• Flexible hours
• Internet allowance
• Possibility of a full-time offer

Duration: 6 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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