Software Engineer Intern

We employ 49,500 people across underwriting, claims, actuarial, IT and customer service.

INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW:

Winchbridge Insurance 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. This role is fully remote within the US. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef.
• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers.
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure.

Program dates: Jan 2027, 4 months.

Compensation: $53.00 - $67.50 per hour

BENEFITS FOR INTERNS:

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

Winchbridge Insurance provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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