Software Engineer Trainee

About HDJ Tech Support

Help desk calls are answered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with an on-call tech covering nights and weekends. We started in 2013 and have grown to about 140 people.

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. Remote position. Most of the team is in Colombo, but nobody is required to come in. Flexible hours with a daily team call in the morning. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

Day to day

• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks

Requirements

• Based in Sri Lanka
• Undergraduates or recent graduates in IT, computer science, management or a related field
• Own laptop and a reliable internet connection
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Pursuing a B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, BS Computer Science or a related degree, graduating in 2026 or 2027
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours

Bonus points

• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work

What you get out of it

• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at 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

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Within 2 weeks

Stipend: LKR 60,000 - LKR 75,000 a month

What we offer

• Flexible work hours
• Informal dress code
• Certificate

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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