Software Engineering Intern

About Stockton Commerce

The founders built the first version of the site in 2014 on nights and weekends. Hobbyists in the US make up most of our customers, and many have been buying since the beginning.

About the role

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. 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.

Day to day

• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer

Requirements

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

What you'll learn

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends

Duration: 10-12 weeks

Start date: June 2027

Stipend: $43.50 - $45.50 per hour

What we offer

• Return offer opportunities
• Learning and development stipend
• Paid sick time
• Paid company holidays
• Home office setup stipend
• Company laptop

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

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

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