Summer Software Engineering Intern

Public sector agencies, utilities and large health systems licence our asset management platform under multi-year contracts. More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. We started in 1994 and have grown to about 390 people. Code review is required on every pull request, and nobody merges their own changes.

OVERVIEW:

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in Charlotte, and the stipend is paid monthly in euros. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

DAY TO DAY:

• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• 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.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

• Eligible to work in Belgium.
• Based in Belgium for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: €3,400-€3,500 per month

PERKS:

• Possibility of a full-time offer.
• Internet allowance.
• Certificate of completion.

We will only contact shortlisted applicants.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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