Software Engineer Trainee

Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. Founded in 1979, we now have 2,600 employees.

Internship overview:

Pokhara Technologies 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 within Nepal. The team meets in Pokhara once a quarter, travel covered. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

What you'll do:

• 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
• 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
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations

Who you are:

• Available for the full internship period, work from home
• Based in Nepal
• Pursuing a B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, BS Computer Science or a related degree, graduating in 2027 or 2028
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests

Preferred qualifications:

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

What you'll learn:

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• 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
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers

Program dates: Jan 2027, 4 months.

Pay: NPR 25,000 - NPR 29,000 a month

What we offer:

• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers
• Laptop provided for the internship
• Free access to paid learning courses
• Performance bonus

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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