Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

About Prairie Apps:

We run a marketplace with over 300,000 active sellers and fulfillment centres in four regions. Since 2002, the company has expanded from listings into payments, shipping and seller financing. Support shifts are shared, so engineers spend a few hours a quarter answering customer tickets.

Overview:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. The company is based in Dallas, the US. The team is distributed across several countries. Remote internship with a team based in Dallas. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

What you'll do:

Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack. 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. Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks. Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations. Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger. Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.

Who can apply:

Based in Spain for the duration of the internship. Available for the full internship period. Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028. Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY). Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++. Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period. Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests. Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work. Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.

Preferred:

Contributions to an open source project, however small.

What you get out of it:

Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it. Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure. Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: €1,700 to €1,900 per month

What we offer:

Online learning budget. Flexible hours. Company laptop.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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