Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

About Birchbank:

Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. Founded in 2013, we now have 360 employees.

The internship:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Houston team on daily calls and get a named mentor. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

Responsibilities:

• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.

Who can apply:

• Based in Spain for the duration of the internship.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• 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.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.

What you'll learn:

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.
• 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.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: €1,950-€2,500 monthly

What we offer:

• Mentorship.
• Flexible hours.
• Online learning budget.
• Possibility of a full-time offer.
• Paid public holidays.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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