Software Engineer Intern

Accessibility testing against WCAG 2.1 AA is part of every release. We're looking for a Software Engineer Intern. Our Internal Tools 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. Remote position. Most of the team is in New York City, but nobody is required to come in. Hours are flexible, with one short team call each morning.

The work

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result

Requirements

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Based in the US 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
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++

3 months, starting immediately. Stipend: $42.00 - $49.00/hr.

Perks: Paid company holidays, Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager, Paid sick time, Company laptop.

Apply with your resume. A cover letter is optional.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

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