Summer Software Engineering Intern (Remote)

We partner with universities to run online degree programs, from course production to enrolment support. Since 1998, the platform has grown to more than 5,000 corporate customers. Deadlines cluster at the end of the quarter when clients spend their budgets.

INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW

Wheatside is hiring a Summer Software Engineering Intern for Jan 2027. 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. Remote within Chile. The team meets in Santiago once a quarter, travel covered. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• 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

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Available for the full internship period
• Eligible to work in Chile
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• 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

NICE TO HAVE

• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP
• Contributions to an open source project, however small

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure

Program dates: Jan 2027, 5 months.

Compensation: CLP 1,000,000 - CLP 1,200,000 per month

PERKS

• Letter of recommendation
• Internet allowance
• Flexible hours
• Mentorship
• Paid public holidays
• Certificate of completion

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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