Software Engineering Intern

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ABOUT THE ROLE

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 Kenya. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. A quiet workspace and good internet are required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Available for the full internship period
• Eligible to work in Kenya
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period

PREFERRED

• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express

WHAT YOU GET OUT OF IT

• 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
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: KES 43,000 to KES 46,000 a month

WHAT WE OFFER

• Internet allowance
• Flexible hours
• Company laptop

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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