Software Engineer Trainee

Our commercial banking group lends to manufacturers, health systems and real estate developers. Regulators examine us regularly, and risk, audit and compliance make up a large part of the staff. New tellers spend two weeks in classroom training before working a drawer.

Overview

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. We are headquartered in Kansas City and have been hiring remotely since 2020. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in Kansas City, and the stipend is paid monthly in Pakistani rupees. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT.

What you'll do

• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.

Who can apply

• Based anywhere in Pakistan.
• Have a working laptop and a stable internet connection, ideally with a UPS backup.
• Available for at least 30 hours a week, work from home.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.

What you get out of it

• 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.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: PKR 95,000 - PKR 110,000 per month

Perks

• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers.
• Job offer on successful completion.
• Free access to paid learning courses.
• Internet allowance.
• Flexible work hours.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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