Software Engineer Trainee - Remote

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.

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP:

Pokhara Technologies is hiring a Software Engineer Trainee for Immediately. Our Platform 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 Nepal. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

• Based in Nepal.
• Students or recent graduates of BIT, BCA, BBA, BBS or a related program.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• 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.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics.
• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP.

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.

Program dates: Immediately, 3 months.

Intern pay: NPR 26,000-NPR 31,000 per month

PERKS:

• Laptop provided for the internship.
• 5 days a week.
• Job offer on successful completion.
• Performance bonus.
• Free access to paid learning courses.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

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