Software Engineer Intern

About Kettlebrook

Catastrophe teams deploy adjusters within days of a major storm. Our claims organization handles more than 400,000 claims a year, including catastrophe response after hurricanes and hail.

About the role

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Birmingham team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Working hours overlap with UK business hours.

Responsibilities

• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them

What we're looking for

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• 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
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection

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: 12 weeks

Start date: June 2027

Stipend: $43.00 - $54.50/hr

Perks

• Flexible hours
• Company laptop
• Paid company holidays

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: June 2027.

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