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Intern Software Engineer - Compilers (WebAssembly) - Amsterdam

Amsterdam
Full-time
Intern / Student
1,600 € per month

Your mission

Do you want to work at the cutting edge of browser technologies? Are you interested in working on Development Tools?

Join our engineering team, where you will be working on the next generation of compilers and virtual machines that target HTML5/WebAssembly, contributing to our vision of bringing any application to the Web. We are looking for an enthusiastic developer-to-be, interested in joining a very dynamic and rapidly growing specialist software company developing WebAssembly solutions.

This is a full-time paid internship position based in Amsterdam (near Amstel station), Netherlands, with a duration of 6 months, starting in November 2026.

What we offer
  • Flexibility and part-remote work is guaranteed to all employees.
  • Join a team of incredibly talented minds, in a position with plenty of opportunities for personal and professional growth.
  • Get to work on challenging, complex and stimulating projects.
  • You will work with our CTO and other developers, and get 1-1 tutoring and guidance from the rest of the team. We have very minimal overhead, a flat structure, and we prefer to get to work rather than spend hours in meetings.
  • We offer high flexibility, family-friendly arrangements, and actively promote a good work-life balance.
  • This is a paid internship, you'll be compensated at €1600.00 per month.

What you will be doing:

Each internship position will be focusing on one core development project, to be driven by the intern, under the 1-1 supervision of a senior developer.

Project 1: Improve BrowserPod

BrowserPod (browserpod.io) is an in-browser code sandbox that runs Linux applications compiled to WebAssembly with the help of our provided full Linux syscall interface. At the moment it supports Node.js, Rust and C++, with more coming soon.

Your task will be to compile as many open source projects as possible to WebAssembly and fix any issues in BrowserPod that you find along the way.

Project 2: Improve CheerpX

CheerpX (cheerpx.io) is a Virtual Machine from x86 to WebAssembly with a powerful Just-In-Time compiler that builds WebAssembly out of the original assembly. It is used to run, for example, full linux distibutions and graphical applications.

Your task will be to implement fixes and features in CheerpX to run a modern version of debian, including its most popular packages.

Your profile

Requirements

- Being enrolled in a BSc/MSc or alternative education program in Computer Science or equivalent, ideally in the last year. Working experience in alternative will also be considered.
- Some practical C/C++ development experience (including University projects) is required
- Understanding of object-oriented design principles
- Residence and right to work in the Netherlands

About us

About Leaning Technologies

Leaning Technologies (https://www.leaningtech.com) makes WebAssembly tools to run any software on any browser.

We build compute infrastructure that allows native code to be run in the browser with zero latency, entirely client-side. We have a global client base including multiple Fortune-100 companies and public sector organisations, in sectors including financial services, CAD software, HR and operations, logistics, defence and aerospace, retail, science and education, and videogames.

Our incredibly talented, tight-knit team works from different locations with a hybrid remote/office approach. Our main offices are Leeds, United Kingdom and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We value a great, informal work environment, high flexibility, and having genuine fun and excitement every day at work.

Want to see what it is all about? Join our Discord: https://discord.leaningtech.com/ and have a chat with our developers!
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