Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

Who we are

Our content library includes over 20,000 courses in 15 languages. Accessibility testing against WCAG 2.1 AA is part of every release.

Overview

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Remote within Kenya. The team meets in Nairobi once a quarter, travel covered. You can set your own hours around a daily morning check-in.

Responsibilities

• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage

Who can apply

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Based in Kenya for the duration of the internship
• Eligible to work in Kenya
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• 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
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests

What you'll learn

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

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: KES 43,000 to KES 54,000 a month

What we offer

• Mentorship
• Letter of recommendation
• Company laptop
• Possibility of a full-time offer

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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