Software Engineering Intern

About us:

We make a web-based inventory and purchasing system used by independent restaurants, breweries and small food manufacturers. Customers use our platform to manage equipment rentals: reservations, check-out, damage photos, invoicing and QuickBooks sync.

About the role:

Our Internal Tools 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 Perth, but nobody is required to come in. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We send you a laptop and the accessories you need on day one.

Responsibilities:

• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• 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.

Who can apply:

• Eligible to work in Australia.
• Available for the full internship period.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $4,900 - $5,100 a month

What we offer:

• Mentoring from an experienced team member.
• Laptop provided.
• Flexible working hours.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Mar 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Lodgeloft Apps Pty Ltd.