Software Engineer Intern

Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it. Core hours are 10 to 3, and the rest of the day is flexible.

The internship:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Our team is spread across 17 countries. Headquarters is in Cary. Remote internship with a team based in Cary. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

What you'll do:

• 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.
• 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.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.

Requirements:

• Based in Portugal for the duration of the internship.
• Eligible to work in Portugal.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: €1,450-€1,950 per month

What we offer:

• Certificate of completion.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Paid public holidays.
• Online learning budget.
• Mentorship.

Please mention your notice period and expected salary.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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