Software Engineering Intern

Government agencies and defense contractors make up a large share of revenue, and many roles require a clearance. Products include endpoint protection, email security and a cloud posture management platform. Background checks are required, and some client work requires a government clearance.

About the role

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. You can set your own hours around a daily morning check-in.

Day to day

• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.

Who can apply

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• 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.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

Nice to have

• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef.
• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work.
• Contributions to an open source project, however small.

Duration: 16 weeks

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $44.50 - $61.50 per hour

What we offer

• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Home office setup stipend.
• Paid company holidays.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.

Duration: 16 weeks. Start: Jan 2027.

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