Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

We make a web-based inventory and purchasing system used by independent restaurants, breweries and small food manufacturers. Founded in 2001, we now have 70 employees.

The internship:

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. The company is based in Brisbane, Australia. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. Remote internship with a team based in Brisbane. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. You will need some overlap with Australian Eastern time in the mornings. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

What you'll do:

• 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.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.

What we're looking for:

• Available for the full internship period.
• Eligible to work in South Korea.
• Based in South Korea for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

Nice to have:

• Contributions to an open source project, however small.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $1,650 - $2,300 per month

Perks:

• Company laptop.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Paid public holidays.

Please include your notice period and salary expectations.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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