# Software Engineer Internship (6 months)
**Company:** [Alan](https://scaleengineer.com/companies/alan)
A 6-month software engineering internship at Alan, a pioneering European health tech company revolutionizing healthcare through innovative technology. The internship offers an opportunity to work on cutting-edge health insurance and service platforms, developing critical infrastructure using modern web technologies in a mission-driven, collaborative environment.
**Role:** Software Engineer
**Seniority:** Intern
**Locations:** Paris
**Salary:** 30000–35000 EUR
[Apply](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/alan/de4c30ae-698f-43e9-84d1-f458955fd671)
Canonical: https://scaleengineer.com/jobs/alan/software-engineer-internship-6-months-de4c30ae
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## Responsibilities

- Infrastructure Development: Build and maintain critical infrastructure for health insurance and service platforms
- Product Interaction: Collaborate closely with product teams to develop and implement features
- Technology Implementation: Work with Python/Flask, React, React Native, and PostgreSQL technologies
- Problem Solving: Tackle complex challenges in healthcare technology ecosystem

## Requirements

### education

- {"name":"Academic Requirement","description":"Currently in the last year of a Master's degree program"}
- {"name":"Location Requirement","description":"Must be based in Paris, France during the internship"}

### technical

- {"name":"Web Development","description":"Experience with frontend and backend code deployment"}
- {"name":"Programming Languages","description":"Familiarity or willingness to learn Python and JavaScript"}

### experience

- {"name":"Internship Scope","description":"6-month end-of-studies internship starting in H1 2026"}
- {"name":"Project Experience","description":"Previous internship or side-project coding experience preferred"}

## Skills

### required

- {"name":"Coding Experience","description":"Prior internship or side-project experience with deployed frontend and backend code"}
- {"name":"Python/JavaScript","description":"Willingness to work with Python and JavaScript (prior expertise not mandatory)"}
- {"name":"English Communication","description":"Fluent English language skills"}

### preferred

- {"name":"Product Development","description":"Passion for building innovative products"}
- {"name":"Teamwork","description":"Strong collaborative and learning-oriented mindset"}
- {"name":"Self-motivation","description":"Ability to be self-starting and humble"}

## Tech stack

### tools

### others

- {"name":"Web Development","description":"Full-stack development approach"}

### databases

- {"name":"PostgreSQL","description":"Relational database management system"}

### languages

- {"name":"Python","description":"Primary backend programming language"}
- {"name":"JavaScript","description":"Primary frontend and web development language"}

### frameworks

- {"name":"Flask","description":"Python web framework for backend development"}
- {"name":"React","description":"JavaScript library for frontend user interfaces"}
- {"name":"React Native","description":"Framework for mobile application development"}

## Benefits

### benefits

- {"name":"Learning Environment","description":"Stimulating workplace with opportunities for professional growth"}
- {"name":"Innovative Culture","description":"Exposure to unique leadership principles and distributed ownership model"}
- {"name":"Career Development","description":"Clear engineering career path and continuous learning opportunities"}

## Compensation

- **max:** 35000
- **min:** 30000
- **currency:** EUR
- **stockOptions:** false

## Interview process

### steps

- {"name":"Application Review","description":"Initial screening of candidate's background and potential"}
- {"name":"Potential Interview","description":"Exploratory conversation focusing on curiosity, potential, and alignment with company values"}

## Full description
## **You. Better. With Alan.**

Alan is building a vertically integrated health partner that unites insurance and smart healthcare delivery into one seamless system. Our vision is to make prevention the new norm of care for all.

**Our mission:** Help people live in good health to 100 while helping employers feel proud, turning health benefits from a cost centre into their most valuable investment.

By connecting all aspects of care (private, public, and direct to consumer) we create the most member-centric healthcare experience, reducing claims costs while generating new monetization opportunities.

**We partner with tens of thousands of companies across France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸, Belgium 🇧🇪, and Canada 🇨🇦, serving over a million members.**

## **How we work: our Leadership Principles**

* **Mission is the Boss** — We think long-term and are methodical optimists who take risks, seeking our mission's success above all else.
* **Distributed Ownership** — Accountable enlightened despots: everyone owns their decisions and results.
* **Radical Transparency** — All information is accessible and written-first, so everyone can make the best decisions asynchronously.
* **Always Growing** — Direct, positive, and caring feedback, combined with self-growth ownership.

## ⭐️ The Engineering team ⭐️

In our engineering team, we build the infrastructure, interfaces, and applications to provide first-class service to our members, health professionals, and even ourselves!

Being an engineer at Alan means joining a team of talented, committed and passionate engineers, with a lot of product interaction.

We move fast, with a lot of ownership, and are proud to tackle big problems!

Our process is very simple: those who make product decisions are the same ones who build them.

Our stack is Python/Flask, React, React Native, PostgreSQL.

Want to know more? Read [this article](https://blog.alan.com/tech-et-produit/engineering-organisation-at-alan) if you want to discover how life as an Engineer at Alan and [this article](https://medium.com/alan/engineering-career-path-at-alan-e5de5c2e740c) on our Engineering career path.

  
## **⭐️ Is it you we’re looking for? ⭐️**

**Please note that for this internship, you need to be based in Paris, France, and currently enrolled in your last year of a Master's degree in a university.**  

You would be a great fit at Alan if most of this sounds like you:

* You are looking for your **6-month end-of-studies internship and want to start in H1 2026**
* You have prior internship or side-projects coding experience, and have already deployed frontend and backend code to production for real users
* You are willing to work in Python/JavaScript (but you don't need to have experience with those 2 languages!)
* You are passionate about building products
* You are self-starting and humble
* You are collaborative, enthusiastic about teamwork and learning
* Fluent in English (no need to speak French!)

**But above all, we are looking for high potential and curiosity: make sure to show us this when you apply! Everything else is a bonus.**

If you want to learn how engineers can grow at Alan, take a look at [our Engineering career path](https://medium.com/alan/engineering-career-path-at-alan-e5de5c2e740c).

For this internship, we are hiring at the [**A2 level**](https://alan.com/en/careers/a/salary-equity) of our salary grid.

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**🎯 Important note: we hire people, not roles.**

If you're excited about this opportunity but don't check every box, **we'd love to hear from you**. Everyone, no matter how underrepresented, should feel free to apply, as it can only bring learnings or success.

**If you identify yourself as a woman**: Did you know that research shows women often apply only when meeting 100% of requirements?

**Remember, this is just a guide, not a checklist.** We'll be thrilled to receive your application!

🔖 Check out our About Alan and Career pages, as well as our Medium, blog and Glassdoor pages for more info.

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**You want to know more about Alan?**

* 🙌 [Perks & Benefits](https://alan.com/en/careers/a/salary-equity): Alaners are provided with a stimulating environment and perks ensuring they are happy, efficient and spend only high-quality time with co-workers.
* 🤘 [A strong culture](https://alan.com/en/about/a/leadership-principles): People joining Alan are often surprised and delighted by our innovative working method. We have a set of cultural values that guide our approach to work