Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

About Bancroft Learning:

Bancroft Learning is a 23-person team producing custom e-learning for corporate clients. Most of our work comes from repeat clients. Fully remote, with a team meetup twice a year.

About the role:

This is a hands-on coding internship. Most of the work is in Python and Node.js, with some SQL and a bit of shell scripting. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in Austria. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do:

• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• 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
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks

Who can apply:

• Eligible to work in Austria
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Based in Austria for the duration of the internship
• Available for the full internship period
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• 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
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects

What you'll learn:

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: €1,600 - €2,000 monthly

What we offer:

• Paid public holidays
• Company laptop
• Mentorship
• Internet allowance
• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Flexible hours

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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