Summer Software Engineering Intern

About us

Kharchenko Threat Labs is a small team of former military and law enforcement analysts doing pen tests and incident response. Every report is written by the person who did the testing, not a separate writing team. Training budget covers one SANS course or equivalent per year.

About the role

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Remote position. Most of the team is in Kyiv, but nobody is required to come in. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish.

What you'll do

• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.

What we're looking for

• Available for the full internship period.
• Eligible to work in Ukraine.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.

What you'll learn

• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure.
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: UAH 37,000-UAH 40,000 per month

What we offer

• Certificate of completion.
• Company laptop.
• Paid public holidays.

Candidates must be eligible to work in.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Immediately.

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