Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

We operate two 24/7 network operations centres and a security operations centre, staffed in three shifts.

The program:

Pinehaven is hiring a Software Engineering Placement (12 months) for Jan 2027. 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. You will intern remotely with our team in San Diego. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Our standups are at 9:00 AM Pacific. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do:

• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• 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
• 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
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day

What we're looking for:

• Eligible to work in Switzerland
• Based in Switzerland for the duration of the internship
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics
• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP
• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express

What you get out of it:

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

Program dates: Jan 2027, 6 months.

Compensation: CHF 5,000 to CHF 5,900 monthly

Benefits for interns:

• Company laptop
• Online learning budget
• 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 Pinehaven, Inc..