Software Developer Placement Student

About us

The product is a mobile app plus a React web dashboard, with a Python and PostgreSQL backend on AWS. We make a web-based inventory and purchasing system used by independent restaurants, breweries and small food manufacturers. We started in 2018 and have grown to about 100 people. Laptops are MacBook Pros, and you pick your own editor.

About the role

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. Remote position. Most of the team is in The Hague, but nobody is required to come in. Standard office hours, Monday to Friday, with flexibility around them. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

What you'll do

• 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
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• Available for the full internship period
• 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++
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

What you'll learn

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: €2,150-€2,300 per month

What we offer

• Mentorship
• Letter of recommendation
• Internet allowance
• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Paid public holidays

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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