Summer Software Engineering Intern

Midwest Systems is a 32-person software shop in Chicago. We're looking for a Summer Software Engineering Intern. 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. Our team is spread across 14 countries. Headquarters is in Chicago. You will intern remotely with our team in Chicago. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time.

What you will do

• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day

Requirements

• Eligible to work in Slovenia
• Available for the full internship period
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

3 months, starting Feb 2027. Stipend: $2,300 - $2,700/month.

Perks: Letter of recommendation, Company laptop, Mentorship, Possibility of a full-time offer, Flexible hours, Internet allowance.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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