Software Engineer Intern (Remote)

Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it.

The program

Hawkford is hiring a Software Engineer Intern for Jan 2027. 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. Our headquarters is in Chandler, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. You will intern remotely with our team in Chandler. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. You get a company laptop and a headset before you start.

Responsibilities

• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets

What we're looking for

• Based in Latvia for the duration of the internship
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Nice to have

• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work
• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef

What you'll learn

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored

Program dates: Jan 2027, 6 months.

Pay: €1,200 to €1,400 monthly

Perks

• Internet allowance
• Paid public holidays
• Mentorship
• Online learning budget
• Letter of recommendation
• Possibility of a full-time offer

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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