Software Engineer Intern (Studio)

Budapest
R&D – Engineering /
Intern /
Hybrid
At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers.
 We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. 
And that's where you come in:

We’re hiring Software Engineer Interns, who are passionate about technology and education to join a team of battle-tested professionals in building our portfolio of SaaS solutions. You will have the opportunity to work on highly technical challenges on multiple products and technologies. Our stack spans around Ruby on Rails and React, running in dockerized services on AWS.

Our values are ownership, openness, simplicity, and relationships and we want to work with proactive problem solvers who get things done.

Please note, that we can only consider candidates with an active student status at a Hungarian higher education school. The contract is via a school cooperatives company.

What you will be doing:

    • Contribute directly to Canvas Studio, our collaborative multimedia platform, by developing key features in Ruby on Rails and React that improve teaching and learning for users worldwide.
    • Collaborate with our full-stack team to build and maintain essential video processing, analytics, and web services within a dockerized environment.
    • Embrace our quality-first mindset by writing and maintaining unit, integration, and end-to-end tests for your code, ensuring a reliable and best-in-class experience for our users.
    • Gain hands-on experience with our cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices by helping us maintain and deploy services on AWS.
    • Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including team meetings, code reviews, and planning sessions, to bring new ideas to life.

What you will need to know/have:

    • You are currently an active student and will maintain that status for at least the next 6 months.
    • You have the availability to work at least an average of 20 hours per week.
    • A foundational understanding of web development technologies (like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).
    • A strong willingness to learn new technologies, specifically Ruby on Rails and React.
    • An ability to work effectively in a collaborative, team-oriented environment, paired with the self-direction to manage your tasks.
    • Excellent communication skills, with comfort communicating both in writing and over video conference.

It would be a bonus if you had:

    • Personal, academic, or open-source projects you can share.
    • Previous exposure to back-end frameworks (like Ruby on Rails) or front-end libraries (like React).
    • An interest in software testing methodologies and a passion for code quality.
    • Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS or containerization tools like Docker.

Get in on all the awesome:

    • A fun, friendly, and helpful company culture
    • Employee recognition program
    • Goal-setting, proactive reviews, and internal training
Ft2 800 - Ft2 800 an hour
We’ve always believed in hiring the most awesome people and treating them right. We know that the more diverse we are, the more diverse our ideas will be — and when we openly welcome those ideas, our environment is better and our business is stronger.
All Instructure employees are required to successfully pass a background check upon being hired.