Software Development Intern

Product, engineering and support teams work out of offices in Chicago, Illinois and two nearshore delivery centres.

Internship overview:

Velvetside is hiring a Software Development Intern for Jan 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 Chicago, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. You will intern remotely with our team in Chicago. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

Responsibilities:

Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works. Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result. Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems. Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets. Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations. 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:

Can commit full time, from home, for the whole internship. Can start immediately or within two weeks. 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. Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests. Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY). Pursuing a B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, BS Computer Science or a related degree, graduating in between December 2027 and June 2028. Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.

Nice to have:

Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express. Knowledge of Linux command line basics. Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work.

What you get out of it:

Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure. Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.

Program dates: Jan 2027, 3 months.

Intern pay: $550-$750 monthly

Benefits for interns:

Free access to paid learning courses. 5 days a week. Informal dress code. Laptop provided for the internship. Letter of recommendation.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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