Software Engineer Intern

About Merrimack Digital

Headquartered in Kansas City since 2002, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. Releases go out Tuesday mornings, never on Fridays.

The internship

This is a hands-on coding internship. Most of the work is in Python and Node.js, with some SQL and a bit of shell scripting. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Weekday working hours, with room to shift your day when needed. Equipment is provided, including a laptop.

Day to day

• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• 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.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.

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 2026 or 2027.
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $39.50-$48.00/hr

What we offer

• Final presentation to leadership.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Paid sick time.
• Paid company holidays.
• Company laptop.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

New hires usually start two to three weeks after accepting an offer.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Immediately.

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