Software Engineering Intern

Who we are

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Product, engineering and support teams work out of offices in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia and two nearshore delivery centres. Founded in 2011, we now have 360 employees.

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. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in Germany. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do

• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• 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
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day

Who can apply

• Eligible to work in Germany
• Available for the full internship period
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026 or 2027
• Based in Germany for the duration of the internship
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself

What you get out of it

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• 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

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: €1,850 - €2,600 per month

Perks

• Flexible hours
• Paid public holidays
• Mentorship
• Possibility of a full-time offer

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Immediately.

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