Web Development Intern

Everyone writes, edits, takes photos and posts to the website. Our editor also writes a good share of the stories and the weekly column. Still family owned, 28 years on. Copy editors read everything twice before it publishes.

The internship

This internship suits a student who has already built a few websites and wants to work on a codebase with other people. We are headquartered in Reno and have been hiring remotely since 2020. You will intern remotely with our team in Reno. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Our standups are at 9:00 AM Pacific.

Day to day

• Keep a short daily log in Notion of what you worked on and where you got stuck.
• Build reusable UI components and add them to the shared component library.
• Test forms and checkout flows before each release and log issues in Jira.
• Attend sprint planning and the twice-weekly standup over Google Meet.
• Set up basic SEO tags, sitemaps and redirects when new pages go live.
• Connect frontend screens to REST APIs and handle loading and error states properly.
• Update content and plugins on the WordPress marketing site.
• Convert Figma designs into responsive pages using React, HTML, CSS and Tailwind.

What we're looking for

• Women returning to work after a career break are welcome to apply.
• Can start right away or within the next two weeks.
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2027 batch)
• Clear written English for Slack updates and ticket comments.
• Solid basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript (ES6)
• Basic Git: cloning, branching, committing and opening a pull request.

What you'll learn

• Writing frontend code that other people can read and maintain.
• Proper Git workflow with branches, reviews and release tags.
• How to work from Figma handoffs and talk to designers about edge cases.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $400 - $500 per month

What we offer

• Flexible work hours.
• Job offer on successful completion.
• Free access to paid learning courses.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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