Software Engineer Intern

Who we are

Customers who call us usually reach someone who wrote the code they are asking about. Two developers, a designer and a support lead make up most of the company, so everyone touches the product. Code review is required on every pull request, and nobody merges their own changes.

About the role

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. Our headquarters is in Irvine, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. Remote internship with a team based in Irvine. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Our standups are at 9:00 AM Pacific.

Responsibilities

• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Eligible to work in Peru.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Based in Peru for the duration of the internship.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

Nice to have

• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef.
• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work.
• Knowledge of Linux command line basics.

What you get out of it

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $1,350 to $1,850 per month

Perks

• Mentorship.
• Internet allowance.
• Company laptop.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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