Software Engineer Intern

Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it.

Internship overview

Hawkford is hiring a Software Engineer Intern for Jul 2027. 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. Remote internship with a team based in Chandler. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

What you'll do

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. Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks. Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result. Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same. Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.

Basic qualifications

Eligible to work in Latvia. Available for the full internship period. A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself. Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection. 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++. Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.

Nice to have

Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express. Contributions to an open source project, however small.

What you'll learn

Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers. You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends. Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.

Program dates: Jul 2027, 12 months.

Intern pay: $1,850 - $2,500 monthly

Perks

Mentorship. Possibility of a full-time offer. Flexible hours. Internet allowance. Company laptop. Letter of recommendation.

Duration: 12 months. Start: Jul 2027.

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