Software Developer Placement Student (Remote)

Two developers, a designer and a support lead make up most of the company, so everyone touches the product. Profitable, no outside investors, and no plans to take any. We grow when customers pay us.

About the role

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. You can work from home anywhere in Costa Rica. We have no office requirement. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. You need a reliable internet connection and somewhere quiet to work.

What you'll do

• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer

Who can apply

• Based in Costa Rica for the duration of the internship
• Available for the full internship period
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026, 2027 or 2028
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

Preferred

• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP
• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work
• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef

What you'll learn

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• 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

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: CRC 450,000 to CRC 510,000 per month

What we offer

• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Online learning budget
• Paid public holidays
• Mentorship
• Letter of recommendation
• Certificate of completion

Duration: 5 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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