Software Engineering Intern

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Our engineering group is split into roughly 60 product teams, each owning its services end to end, with on-call shared across time zones. Founded in 1997, we now have 1,300 employees. Laptops are MacBook Pros, and you pick your own editor.

About the internship

Glenforge is hiring a Software Engineering Intern for May 2027. 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 the US. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Please make sure you have a quiet place to work and a solid internet connection.

Responsibilities

• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets

Who you are

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• 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
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself

Preferred qualifications

• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef

What you'll learn

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure

Program dates: May 2027, 10-12 weeks.

Pay: $50.50 - $55.50 per hour

What we offer

• Flexible hours
• Learning and development stipend
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Paid company holidays

Glenforge is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

If this sounds like a fit, apply with a resume. A cover letter is optional.

Duration: 10-12 weeks. Start: May 2027.

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