Software Development Intern

We're currently not funded; this is an unpaid internship. Some people receive college credit from their school for working with us. We consider other individuals, but at this time college credit is our most feasible and suitable option for those who are eligible.  Job Description: The Software Development Intern contributes to ONC’s mission of providing nonpartisan news, opinions, and policy solutions by completing essential tasks in the Technology department at ONC. The Software Development Intern is responsible maintaining our website. Page designs, bug fixes, complete a few pages, etc. This intern will research and use Wordpress and PHP software. They will also implement new features according to incoming design and functional requirements.The Software Development Intern will work closely with the IT Director of Technology but most work will be completed independently. Therefore, time management is an essential skill for this role. This position is remote, with work primarily conducted over Zoom and Slack, so applicants must be comfortable coordinating in a remote environment and are expected to maintain a high level of communication. Some choose to extend their internship past the amount of time they initially committed to, provided their performance meets the required standards. Benefits: Flexible schedule, college credit, professional networking, and resume-building experience. Compensation: This is not a paid position. Responsibilities:Contribute to building and maintaining a website from scratch using frameworks.Connect and maintain a database to the website.Implement new features according to incoming design and functional requirements.Document the code base and general structure of the overall product.Ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code for backend functionality and to fix bugs.Write high quality applications that can achieve massive scale.Document user requirements, create design documents, develop self-documented code, conduct testing, and create user and system documents.Communicate effectively with the team leads, IT Director as needed.