Software Developer Placement Student

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. We started in 2003 and have grown to about 16,600 people. Code review is required on every pull request, and nobody merges their own changes.

Internship overview

Tamarackwater is hiring a Software Developer Placement Student for Jun 2027. 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. Our headquarters is in Hyderabad, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. You will intern remotely with our team in Hyderabad. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. A quiet workspace and good internet are required.

What you'll do

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.

What we're looking for

• Based in Czechia for the duration of the internship.
• Eligible to work in Czechia.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.

Preferred qualifications

• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef.
• Knowledge of Linux command line basics.

What you'll learn

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.
• 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.

Program dates: Jun 2027, 3 months.

Intern pay: $2,200 - $2,900/month

Perks

• Letter of recommendation.
• Online learning budget.
• Flexible hours.
• Internet allowance.
• Mentorship.

Shortlisted candidates will hear from us within two weeks.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jun 2027.

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