Summer Software Engineering Intern

Applicants can apply, onboard and pick up shifts through our mobile app. We're looking for a Summer Software Engineering Intern. Our Integrations team is five engineers working fully remote across two time zones. The intern picks up small backend tickets first and moves to bigger features once comfortable. The company is based in Los Angeles, the US. The team is distributed across several countries. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in Los Angeles, and the stipend is paid monthly in local currency. You will need at least 3 hours of overlap with US Pacific time. Equipment is provided, including a laptop.

You'll help with:

• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• 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
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same

You should be:

• Eligible to work in South Africa
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026, 2027 or 2028
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects

3 months, starting immediately. Stipend: R28,000 - R34,000 pcm.

Perks: Paid public holidays, Internet allowance, Letter of recommendation, Certificate of completion, Possibility of a full-time offer.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Magnolia Employment Services.