Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

Who we are:

Clients include hospitals, school districts and local governments. Rechtsanwälte Lorenz is a litigation firm handling personal injury, workers' compensation and wrongful death cases.

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 Germany. We have no office requirement. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

Responsibilities:

• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• 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

Who can apply:

• Available for the full internship period
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Eligible to work in Germany
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• 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

What you get out of it:

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: €1,950 - €2,700/month

Perks:

• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Letter of recommendation
• Certificate of completion
• Internet allowance
• Flexible hours
• Online learning budget

We will only contact shortlisted applicants.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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