Software Engineering Intern

Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it. Core hours are 10 to 3, and the rest of the day is flexible.

The internship:

Our Core Services 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. We are headquartered in Cary and have been hiring remotely since 2020. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Cary team on daily calls and get a named mentor. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time. A quiet workspace and good internet are required.

Day to day:

Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger. Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result. Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets. 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. Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them. Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.

Who can apply:

Based in Portugal for the duration of the internship. Available for the full internship period. Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period. Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++. Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.

What you get out of it:

Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it. Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure. How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored. You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $1,800 to $1,850/month

What we offer:

Flexible hours. Possibility of a full-time offer. Online learning budget. Mentorship. Internet allowance. Company laptop.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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