Web Developer Intern

About Bluffford

Readers call and email with tips, complaints and wedding announcements. Small newsroom, one press day a week, and an office on the square.

Overview

Remote full stack internship on the Web Platform team. You will take designs from Figma and turn them into working, responsive pages. Remote within the US. The team meets in Chicago once a quarter, travel covered. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Day to day

• Convert Figma designs into responsive pages using React, HTML, CSS and Tailwind
• Write simple Express.js routes and MongoDB queries for new features
• Improve page load times by compressing images, lazy loading and trimming unused code
• Check pages with Lighthouse and fix accessibility issues such as missing alt text and low contrast
• Connect frontend screens to REST APIs and handle loading and error states properly

Who can apply

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Basic Git: cloning, branching, committing and opening a pull request
• Understanding of how APIs, JSON and HTTP status codes work
• Clear written English for Slack updates and ticket comments
• Able to commit 25 to 40 hours a week for at least 3 months
• Portfolio, GitHub or live project links showing at least two websites you built
• Willing to learn new tools quickly and ask questions when blocked

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $40.50 - $43.00 an hour

What we offer

• Learning and development stipend
• Flexible hours
• Home office setup stipend
• Paid company holidays
• Paid sick time

Duration: 5 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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