Software Engineering Intern

Incident response is a big part of the work: ransomware recovery, business email compromise and forensic investigations. Based in New York City, Carter Threat Labs also trains client staff and runs simulated phishing campaigns.

The internship

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. Remote position. Most of the team is in New York City, but nobody is required to come in. You can set your own hours around a daily morning check-in. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

What you'll do

• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same

Who can apply

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Bonus points

• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef

What you get out of it

• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $38.50 - $52.00/hr

Perks

• Paid company holidays
• Return offer opportunities
• Flexible hours
• Final presentation to leadership
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

Applications are reviewed as they come in.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Carter Threat Labs.