Software Engineer Intern

About Anderson Insurance Agency

Second-generation ownership: the founder's daughter runs the agency now. Clients drop by to pay premiums, ask about a claim or just say hello. We started in 1996 and have grown to about 39 people.

The internship

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. Remote within Canada. The team meets in Toronto once a quarter, travel covered. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do

• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• 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
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day

Requirements

• Eligible to work in Canada
• Available for the full internship period
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours

Preferred

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

What you get out of it

• 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

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $29.50 - $30.00 per hour

What we offer

• Flexible hours
• Company laptop
• Paid sick time
• Paid company holidays

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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