Software Engineer Trainee

About us

Our main product is a payroll and timekeeping app for hourly workforces, sold by subscription and supported from Kandy. Founded in 2010, we now have 100 employees.

The internship

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in Sri Lanka. Reliable internet and a power backup are a must.

Responsibilities

• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.

Who can apply

• Available for the full internship period.
• Undergraduates or recent graduates in IT, computer science, management or a related field.
• Based in Sri Lanka.
• Own laptop and a reliable internet connection.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Within 2 weeks

Stipend: LKR 65,000 - LKR 70,000 pcm

Perks

• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers.
• Informal dress code.
• Laptop provided for the internship.
• Job offer on successful completion.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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