Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

We employ 49,500 people across underwriting, claims, actuarial, IT and customer service.

The program

Winchbridge Insurance is hiring a Software Engineering Placement (12 months) for Jun 2027. 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. Our team is spread across 20 countries. Headquarters is in Washington. You will intern remotely with our team in Washington. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time.

Responsibilities

• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result

Basic qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Available for the full internship period
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Preferred qualifications

• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP
• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work
• Knowledge of Linux command line basics

What you'll learn

• 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
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure

Program dates: Jun 2027, 10-12 weeks.

Compensation: €3,900 to €4,200 monthly

Benefits for interns

• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Company laptop
• Mentorship

Duration: 10-12 weeks. Start: Jun 2027.

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