Software Engineer Intern

Our engineering group is split into roughly 60 product teams, each owning its services end to end, with on-call shared across time zones. More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. We started in 2001 and have grown to about 2,500 people.

Internship overview:

Elbe Cloud is hiring a Software Engineer Intern for Dec 2026. Our Integrations team is five engineers working fully remote across two time zones. The intern picks up small backend tickets first and moves to bigger features once comfortable. The company is based in Berlin, Germany. The team is distributed across several countries. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in Berlin, and the stipend is paid monthly in USD. Core hours are 10:00 to 15:00 CET. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

Responsibilities:

• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.

Who you are:

• Eligible to work in South Africa.
• Available for the full internship period.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.

Nice to have:

• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP.
• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express.
• 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.
• 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.
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.

Program dates: Dec 2026, 6 months.

Compensation: $1,950 - $2,750 monthly

Perks:

• Letter of recommendation.
• Paid public holidays.
• Internet allowance.
• Certificate of completion.

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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