Software Engineer Trainee

Wealth management, mortgage and treasury services each operate as separate lines of business. Our commercial banking group lends to manufacturers, health systems and real estate developers.

The program

Ochrerow Financial is hiring a Software Engineer Trainee for Jan 2027. We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Remote internship with a team based in Berlin. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Working hours overlap with Central European Time.

What you'll do

• 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.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.

What we're looking for

• Own a laptop and have stable internet at home.
• Can start right away or within the next two weeks.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• 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 2028.

Nice to have

• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP.

What you get out of it

• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers.
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.

Program dates: Jan 2027, 6 months.

Intern pay: $450 - $650 monthly

Benefits for interns

• Performance bonus.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Job offer on successful completion.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Ochrerow Financial AG.