Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

Cunha Software is a 2-person software shop in Lisbon. The founders still answer support tickets. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

Overview

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. You can work from home anywhere in Portugal. We have no office requirement. Standard office hours, Monday to Friday, with flexibility around them. Clear written English is a must, as the team works across time zones.

What you'll do

• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets

Requirements

• Based in Portugal for the duration of the internship
• Eligible to work in Portugal
• Available for the full internship period
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics
• Contributions to an open source project, however small

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: €900 - €910 monthly

Perks

• Certificate of completion
• Online learning budget
• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Flexible hours

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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