Software Developer Placement Student

About Millpond HQ:

Content moderation runs around the clock, with reviewers in multiple time zones and languages. Since 2009, the company has expanded from listings into payments, shipping and seller financing.

Overview:

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. You can work from home anywhere in Kenya. We have no office requirement. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning.

What you'll do:

• 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
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems

Who can apply:

• Available for the full internship period
• Eligible to work in Kenya
• Based in Kenya for the duration of the internship
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• 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
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself

Preferred:

• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef

What you get out of it:

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: KES 42,000 - KES 57,000 a month

Perks:

• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Online learning budget
• Company laptop
• Certificate of completion
• Mentorship
• Letter of recommendation

Please include your notice period and salary expectations.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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