Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

About Chalkmark Labs

Since 2009, the company has sold practice management software to dental and veterinary clinics in Switzerland. Clients range from single-location retailers to franchise groups with hundreds of stores, all running our point-of-sale and loyalty software.

About the role

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. Remote internship with a team based in Basel. The stipend is paid at the end of each month.

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
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same

Requirements

• Available for the full internship period
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• Eligible to work in Czechia
• Based in Czechia for the duration of the internship
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

What you get out of it

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

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $2,600-$2,750 per month

Perks

• Letter of recommendation
• Online learning budget
• Mentorship
• Flexible hours

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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