Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

About us

Headquartered in Cork since 1993, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts.

The internship

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Remote position. Most of the team is in Cork, but nobody is required to come in. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

Day to 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
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack

Requirements

• Available for the full internship period
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Based in Ireland for the duration of the internship
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection

What you'll learn

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: €34,000 - €35,000 pa

What we offer

• Flexible working hours
• Laptop provided
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement

Duration: 3 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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