Summer Software Engineering Intern

Our engineering, trust and safety, and customer support teams work across offices in New York City and several other countries. We ship small changes daily rather than big quarterly releases.

About the internship

Amberspring Labs is hiring a Summer Software Engineering Intern for Dec 2026. 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 17 countries. Headquarters is in New York City. You will intern remotely with our team in New York City. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET.

What you'll do

• 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
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems

Basic qualifications

• Eligible to work in Switzerland
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026, 2027 or 2028
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics

What you'll learn

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it

Program dates: Dec 2026, 3 months.

Pay: CHF 6,100 - CHF 6,200/month

What we offer

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

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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