Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

About us:

Shemesh Computer Services is a managed services provider with 840 employees, supporting more than 1,500 client organisations across Israel. Our field services team covers retail chains, hospitals and banks, dispatching technicians to over 4,000 sites.

The internship:

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. Remote position. Most of the team is in Tel Aviv, but nobody is required to come in. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async. A quiet workspace and good internet are required.

Responsibilities:

• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations

What we're looking for:

• Based in Israel for the duration of the internship
• Eligible to work in Israel
• Available for the full internship period
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• 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
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++

Preferred:

• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express
• Knowledge of Linux command line basics

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: ₪9,700 to ₪12,500 monthly

What we offer:

• Certificate of completion
• Letter of recommendation
• Flexible hours
• Internet allowance
• Company laptop

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Shemesh Computer Services Ltd..