Software Engineer Intern

Our product started as a side project in 1986 and now has a few hundred paying customers, mostly in North Carolina. Customers who call us usually reach someone who wrote the code they are asking about. We started in 1986 and have grown to about 41 people. Code review is required on every pull request, and nobody merges their own changes.

Overview

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 the US. The team meets in Cary once a quarter, travel covered. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

Day to day

• 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
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack

Who can apply

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• 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
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours

Bonus points

• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express

What you'll learn

• 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

Duration: 12 weeks

Start date: May 2027

Stipend: $41.50 to $53.00 per hour

What we offer

• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Flexible hours
• Paid sick time
• Learning and development stipend
• Home office setup stipend
• Return offer opportunities

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: May 2027.

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