2023 Internship – Information Communication and Technology Sol Plaatje University

About the job

What will you be doing?

• You might support us to build integrations, deploy cloud regions, ingest customer metrics, build features for ops, build dashbaords, or many other things
• Become an active part of a globally distributed group of interns
• Train on how to be successful in a global remote environment
• Onboard in person and then work remotely from wherever you work best
• Regularly meet with a mentor to get all the support you need
• Take an active role in defining your own objectives
• Work on projects from initial ideation all the way to implementation alongside a group of senior engineers
• Actively participate in technical discussion
• Dive deep into a part of our codebase
• Embrace our open-source culture and be brave to contribute to open source projects
• Gain a deeper understanding of our products and customers
• Present some of your learnings at the end of your internship

As we are remote-first, we provide guidance and meet regularly using video calls, so an independent attitude and solid communication skills are a must.What are we looking for in you?

• You are a motivated self starter with a bias towards action
• You are user focused. We build everything with our users in mind. You have a passion for creating intuitive products that fit customers’ needs
• Pragmatism. You are excited to take on complex challenges and break them down to achieve tight learning loops
• Collaboration and communication: The smallest unit we have is a squad. You’ll be working with your teammates in a fully remote setup. Solid communication skills are a must

Requirements

• Interest to work in either frontend, backend, or fullstack.
• Some experience with at least one programming language.
• Some experience with Git and Linux.
• Interest in the observability space
• Excitement for technology and our products

Nice To Haves

• Experience with or interest in working with Kubernetes
• You have used Grafana or Prometheus already
• Exposure to microservices architecture, distributed systems, and a desire to learn

Interview Process

• Application Review
• Recruiter Introductory call
• Manager Screening call
• Coding interview

What we offer?

• Work on a motivated, highly engaged remote team that’s supportive and open to constructive feedback
• Projects that give you the feeling of making an impact both on our community and your colleagues.
• Exciting mission and strategy to make an open platform for metrics, logs and tracing accessible to everyone.

Internship Program Information

• Applications Open: September 28, 2022
• Application Review Starts: October 17, 2022
• Ability to work full-time for Summer 2023
• You are currently an enrolled student attending a college or university with an expected graduation date in 2024
• This will be a paid internship
• We are accepting applications from the following locations Canada, USA, United Kingdom, Germany or Sweden