Software Engineer Intern

Products include endpoint protection, email security and a cloud posture management platform. We operate security operations centers on three continents, so alerts are triaged by analysts on day shift wherever they arrive. We started in 1992 and have grown to about 3,500 people.

Internship overview:

Nowak Cyber is hiring a Software Engineer Intern for Immediately. Our Core Services team is five engineers working fully remote across two time zones. The intern picks up small backend tickets first and moves to bigger features once comfortable. The company is based in Gilbert, the US. Our team works from several countries. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Gilbert team on daily calls and get a named mentor. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Your projects:

• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.

Who you are:

• Based in Canada for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics.

What you get out of it:

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure.
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.

Program dates: Immediately, 12 weeks.

Compensation: $38.50 - $53.50 an hour

Perks:

• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Flexible hours.
• Company laptop.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: Immediately.

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