Software Engineer Intern

Since 2007, the company has sold practice management software to dental and veterinary clinics in the UAE. Founded in 2007, the business writes the billing, metering and customer portal software that small water and electric utilities run on.

Overview:

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. We are headquartered in Dubai and have been hiring remotely since 2020. You will intern remotely with our team in Dubai. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Working hours follow Gulf time, Monday to Friday. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

Day to day:

• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.

Who can apply:

• Eligible to work in Canada.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Based in Canada for the duration of the internship.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• 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.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $52.00 - $59.00 an hour

Perks:

• Return offer opportunities.
• Company laptop.
• Paid sick time.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

Duration: 6 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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