Web Developer Intern

About us

Customers who call us usually reach someone who wrote the code they are asking about. We are a small, self-funded team building a booking app for independent salons and tattoo studios.

The internship

Windlass Digital needs a web development intern to help build and maintain our customer dashboard and marketing pages. The stack is React, Node.js and MongoDB. Remote position. Most of the team is in Auckland, but nobody is required to come in. You can set your own hours around a daily morning check-in.

Day to day

• Improve page load times by compressing images, lazy loading and trimming unused code
• Connect frontend screens to REST APIs and handle loading and error states properly
• Set up basic SEO tags, sitemaps and redirects when new pages go live
• Test forms and checkout flows before each release and log issues in Jira
• Write simple Express.js routes and MongoDB queries for new features
• Build reusable UI components and add them to the shared component library

What we're looking for

• Available for the full internship period
• Based in New Zealand for the duration of the internship
• Basic Git: cloning, branching, committing and opening a pull request
• Able to commit 25 to 40 hours a week for at least 3 months
• Willing to learn new tools quickly and ask questions when blocked
• Portfolio, GitHub or live project links showing at least two websites you built

Nice to have

• Some knowledge of MongoDB, MySQL or Firebase
• Any freelance web work for paying clients
• Basic understanding of SEO and Core Web Vitals

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $25.00 - $35.00 p/h

Perks

• Home working allowance
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview
• Reference on completion

You must have the right to work in New Zealand.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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