Software Developer Placement Student

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About the internship

Hawkford is hiring a Software Developer Placement Student for Immediately. We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in Chandler, and the stipend is paid monthly in USD. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Your projects

• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.

Who you are

• Available for the full internship period.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026 or 2027.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

Nice to have

• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef.
• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express.

What you get out of it

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers.
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure.

Program dates: Immediately, 6 months.

Pay: $1,800-$2,200 per month

Benefits for interns

• Certificate of completion.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Paid public holidays.
• Flexible hours.
• Online learning budget.
• Internet allowance.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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