Software Engineering Intern

Our website and apps help renters search listings, schedule tours and submit applications. We ship small changes daily rather than big quarterly releases.

The internship:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. The company is based in Almere, the Netherlands. The team is distributed across several countries. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Almere team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Working hours overlap with Central European Time.

Day to day:

• 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
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• 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
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems

What we're looking for:

• 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
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $42.50 to $49.00 per hour

Perks:

• Learning and development stipend
• Final presentation to leadership
• Home office setup stipend
• Paid sick time
• Company laptop
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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