Software Engineer Trainee

Who we are

Clients come to us for job training, GED classes, CV help and placement with local employers. Employment here qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

About the role

Our Internal Tools 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. Remote, open to candidates across India. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish.

What you'll do

• 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
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems

Requirements

• Women returning to work after a career break are welcome to apply
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2026 or 2027 batch)
• Own a laptop and have stable internet at home
• Are available for a full-time work from home internship for the entire duration
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• 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
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Preferred

• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work
• Contributions to an open source project, however small
• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef

What you get out of it

• 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

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Within 2 weeks

Stipend: ₹28,000 - ₹35,000 monthly

What we offer

• Free access to paid learning courses
• Performance bonus
• Letter of recommendation

Duration: 3 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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