Software Engineering Intern

Across Illinois, the company runs 14 branch offices and a central depot for hardware staging and imaging. Founded in 2011, we now have 250 employees.

About the role

Our Platform team is five engineers working fully remote across two time zones. The intern picks up small backend tickets first and moves to bigger features once comfortable. Remote position. Most of the team is in Chicago, but nobody is required to come in. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Day to day

• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.

Who can apply

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2026, 2027 or 2028.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• 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.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

Preferred

• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $42.00 - $50.00 per hour

What we offer

• Final presentation to leadership.
• Paid company holidays.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Flexible hours.
• Learning and development stipend.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

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