Software Engineer Trainee

About us

Our engineering, trust and safety, and customer support teams work across offices in Phoenix and several other countries. Since 1986, the company has expanded from listings into payments, shipping and seller financing.

Overview

This is a hands-on coding internship. Most of the work is in Python and Node.js, with some SQL and a bit of shell scripting. The company is based in Phoenix, the US. Our team works from several countries. Remote internship with a team based in Phoenix. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. You will need a stable internet connection and a backup power source (UPS or inverter).

Responsibilities

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

Who can apply

• Can start immediately or within two weeks
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2026 or 2027 batch)
• Can commit full time, from home, for the whole internship
• Have their own laptop and a reliable internet connection
• 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
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects

What you'll learn

• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• 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

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Within 2 weeks

Stipend: ₹44,000 - ₹46,000/month

Perks

• Informal dress code
• 5 days a week
• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers
• Mentorship from senior team members
• Letter of recommendation

Duration: 4 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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