Software Engineering Intern

Small accounting firms in England use our engagement letter and e-signature tool, and most heard about us from a colleague. We are a small, self-funded team building a booking app for independent salons and tattoo studios. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

About the role:

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. Remote position. Most of the team is in London, but nobody is required to come in. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short.

What you'll do:

• 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
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks

Who can apply:

• Available for the full internship period
• Based in the UK for the duration of the internship
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period

What you get out of it:

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: £14.00 - £19.00 p/h

Perks:

• Mentoring from an experienced team member
• Access to online training
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement

This role is subject to a basic DBS check.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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