Software Engineer Intern

About Oakland Data

Customers use our platform to manage equipment rentals: reservations, check-out, damage photos, invoicing and QuickBooks sync. Most of what we build is back-office software for property managers, including lease tracking, work orders and tenant payments. Founded in 1998, we now have 100 employees.

Overview

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish. You will need a reliable internet connection and a quiet place to work.

Day to day

• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.

Requirements

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full 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.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.

Bonus points

• Contributions to an open source project, however small.
• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express.

What you get out of it

• 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.
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: $47.50 to $48.50 an hour

Perks

• Home office setup stipend.
• Final presentation to leadership.
• Flexible hours.

This position requires a background check.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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