Belsoft International Internship Programme

Not coffee runs, and not busywork. You'll ship real projects, learn from the people who do this every day, and leave with real skills, a portfolio you can show, and a path to what's next.

See the 5 tracks
For universities
  • 100% remote
  • Open worldwide
  • Mentored weekly
  • University-friendly
  • Typically 12–24 weeks
A group of interns learning together in a bright training room

The idea

Wedon’thandinternstheleftovertasks.You’llshiprealwork,getreviewedbypeoplewhodoiteveryday,andlearnwhyitworks,notjusthow.Bytheend,you’llhavesomethingtoshowandtheconfidencetodoitagain.

Why Belsoft

01

You learn from people who do the work

Our mentors are the engineers, security specialists, and consultants running real client projects. You're not parked in a side room with busywork.

02

Your work is real and visible

DeployReady is open source, so your contributions are public, used by other developers, and yours to show.

03

AI-native from day one

You'll learn the tools we use every day, and just as much the judgment about when to trust them.

04

A small team with real access

You'll sit in the reviews, the planning, and the client conversations that matter, not wait in a queue for them.

What you get

Every internship comes with the support of a real learning programme, built around your growth and not only our to-do list.

A named mentor

Someone from your track, with weekly 1:1s for feedback, career advice, and the questions you'd never ask in a group.

Weekly masterclasses

A lecture or workshop from our team each week: AI agents, secure coding, cloud, SEO, and how client projects really run.

Real projects

You ship work that's used: our open-source tools, our own systems, and, when the client agrees and your mentor is beside you, client work.

Reviews that teach

Everything you make is reviewed by someone senior, with the reasoning explained, so you learn why and not only what.

Certificate and portfolio

A Belsoft certificate of completion when you meet the completion criteria, and a portfolio of what you shipped. References are based on your actual work.

Certification prep

Protected study time and mentoring toward a recognised certification in cloud, security, or AI, chosen with your mentor.

Support that goes beyond work

A learning plan built with you on day one, regular check-ins on how you're doing, and flexibility around exams.

A path forward

CV and portfolio reviews, mock interviews, and honest advice on what's next. When there's a role and it's a good fit, a real route into the team.

How it runs

  1. 01

    Weeks 1–3

    Learn

    Onboarding, foundation masterclasses, and your first small contribution, reviewed line by line.

  2. 02

    Weeks 4–8

    Build

    Your own project with a clear outcome, a mentor beside you, and a demo every week.

  3. 03

    Weeks 9–11

    Ship

    Your work goes live: merged, published, or handed to a real user.

  4. 04

    Week 12

    Launch

    Your final review and closing demo, your certificate, a portfolio review, and a plan for what's next.

Longer placements, up to 24 weeks, add a second project to the Build phase.

A typical week

Mon

Kickoff

Set the week's goals with your mentor.

Tue

Masterclass

A lecture or workshop from the team.

Wed

1:1

Feedback, questions, and career talk.

Thu

Pairing & review

Work alongside a senior, and get your work reviewed.

Fri

Demo & retro

Show what you built, and what you learned.

What you'll take away

Your exact learning goals are set with your mentor in week one, and mapped to your university's requirements where it asks for that.

  • 1Deliver a real piece of work in your field, from brief to review to release
  • 2Explain your decisions and trade-offs clearly, in writing and out loud
  • 3Use AI tools with good judgement, and know when not to trust them
  • 4Work well in a remote team: written updates, reviews, and feedback
  • 5Present your results, and show your portfolio with confidence

The details, upfront

Format
100% remote. Video calls for mentoring and meetings, and written updates day to day.
Duration
Typically 12–24 weeks, agreed for each placement and aligned with your university's requirements.
Weekly time
Part-time or full-time, agreed for each placement. Part-time is around 20 hours a week and full-time around 40.
Working hours
Our team works on Portugal time. We ask for a few hours of overlap on working days for meetings and mentoring, and agree the schedule with you. Students in distant time zones can apply, and each case is assessed individually.
Who can apply
Students and recent graduates in a relevant field, from any university or college. Self-taught applicants with real projects to show are welcome too, and we discuss the arrangement individually. You'll need good working English.
Countries
Open to applicants worldwide. Whether and how a placement can take place depends on where you are physically located, and is assessed individually. If it can't, we'll tell you early.
Compensation
Varies by placement. It is shown on every track below and confirmed in writing before a placement is confirmed.
Paperwork & insurance
We work with your university's documents. Insurance and liability arrangements vary by country and university, and are agreed in the placement agreement before you start.

Internships are subject to applicable local requirements and university policies. Belsoft confirms the relevant arrangements before the placement begins.

Open internships

Each track works on real projects with a mentor from that field. The compensation status is shown on every track, and confirmed in writing before a placement is confirmed.

EngineeringRemote · Worldwide12–24 weeksCompensation: Varies by placement

Software Engineering Intern (Open Source AI Tools)

Build open-source AI developer tools with us, starting with DeployReady. Real issues, real pull requests, real users.

You'll work on

  • Take issues from report to merged pull request in DeployReady and our other open-source tools
  • Build AI-assisted features with LLM integrations (Claude, OpenAI, and local models)
  • Write the tests and docs that make a tool trustworthy
  • Triage GitHub issues and help users who get stuck

You'll learn

  • Production-grade TypeScript and Node.js
  • How static analysis works, and how to add a check to a scanner
  • Designing LLM features that are safe, cheap, and testable
  • The open-source workflow: issues, reviews, releases

A good fit if

  • Studying computer science or software engineering, or self-taught with projects
  • JavaScript or TypeScript basics
  • You've built something with AI, even a small side project

Compensation: Varies by placement

Some placements are paid, others are unpaid academic placements or supported by external funding. It depends on your location, your university's requirements and the agreement, and is confirmed in writing before you accept.

Your mentor: A software engineer on the DeployReady team

EngineeringRemote · Worldwide12–24 weeksCompensation: Varies by placement

AI Automation Intern

Build the agents and workflows that take busywork off people's plates, starting with our own operations.

You'll work on

  • Automate Belsoft's own workflows, like lead handling and reporting, with n8n and LLMs
  • Prototype AI agents with guardrails and human approval steps
  • Connect tools through APIs and webhooks
  • Document every workflow so a client team could run it

You'll learn

  • How to find work worth automating, and work that isn't
  • Prompt and agent design, and how to test AI output
  • Monitoring cost, accuracy, and reliability in production
  • Explaining an automation to someone non-technical

A good fit if

  • Python or JavaScript basics
  • You like fixing slow, repetitive processes
  • Curious about how AI agents actually work

Compensation: Varies by placement

Some placements are paid, others are unpaid academic placements or supported by external funding. It depends on your location, your university's requirements and the agreement, and is confirmed in writing before you accept.

Your mentor: An AI automation engineer who builds client agents

SecurityRemote · Worldwide12–24 weeksCompensation: Varies by placement

Application Security Intern

Learn to break and fix web apps, then turn what you find into checks that protect every developer using our tools.

You'll work on

  • Audit practice apps and sample AI-built apps, and write clear findings reports with fixes
  • Review npm dependencies for supply-chain risk
  • Turn recurring findings into new checks in DeployReady
  • Retest fixes and confirm they hold

You'll learn

  • The OWASP Top 10 in practice, including access control and IDOR
  • How leaked keys, open database rules, and exposed routes happen
  • Supply-chain attacks on npm packages
  • Explaining a vulnerability so a developer wants to fix it

A good fit if

  • Interest in security: CTFs, labs, bug bounties, or coursework
  • Web basics: HTTP, APIs, and a bit of code
  • Careful, curious, and good at writing things down

Compensation: Varies by placement

Some placements are paid, others are unpaid academic placements or supported by external funding. It depends on your location, your university's requirements and the agreement, and is confirmed in writing before you accept.

Your mentor: An application security engineer who audits real products

MarketingRemote · Worldwide12–24 weeksCompensation: Varies by placement

Content & SEO Marketing Intern

Turn real engineering work into articles people find, read, and trust, using AI to move faster without sounding like everyone else.

You'll work on

  • Research and write technical articles for our blog, with an engineer reviewing your facts
  • Run SEO analysis and improve pages that should rank
  • Turn finished projects into LinkedIn posts and case studies
  • Report on what content brings in conversations

You'll learn

  • Technical SEO and content strategy
  • How to use AI tools without producing generic writing
  • Reading analytics and acting on them
  • Working with specialists to explain hard ideas simply

A good fit if

  • Studying marketing, communications, business, or a technical field
  • You write clearly and enjoy explaining things
  • Curious about technology and how companies use it

Compensation: Varies by placement

Some placements are paid, others are unpaid academic placements or supported by external funding. It depends on your location, your university's requirements and the agreement, and is confirmed in writing before you accept.

Your mentor: A marketing lead who owns our content and SEO

SalesRemote · Worldwide12–24 weeksCompensation: Varies by placement

Business Development Intern

Learn how a technical partnership gets sold: research, outreach, discovery calls, and an honest conversation about fit.

You'll work on

  • Research companies that could benefit from AI and automation, with AI-assisted tools
  • Draft personalized outreach that a human would want to read
  • Prepare for and take notes on discovery and audit calls
  • Keep the CRM accurate and spot what messaging works

You'll learn

  • Consultative selling for technical services
  • Qualifying leads, and knowing when to walk away
  • CRM and sales automation tools
  • Explaining the value of AI to a founder or executive

A good fit if

  • Studying business, economics, communications, or similar
  • Strong written English and comfortable talking to people
  • Persistent, organized, and not afraid of a no

Compensation: Varies by placement

Some placements are paid, others are unpaid academic placements or supported by external funding. It depends on your location, your university's requirements and the agreement, and is confirmed in writing before you accept.

Your mentor: An account executive who closes our partnerships

Mentoring & completion

We commit to

  • A named mentor for the whole placement
  • A written learning plan, agreed in week one
  • A weekly 1:1 with your mentor
  • Regular feedback on the work you deliver
  • A mid-point review and a final review against your learning plan
  • A certificate of completion when you meet the completion criteria

We ask you to

  • Show up for the hours and meetings you've agreed
  • Tell us early when you're stuck or something changes
  • Deliver the work agreed in your learning plan
  • Take part in the mid-point review, the final review, and a closing demo

To complete the placement, you finish the agreed duration, deliver the agreed work, and take part in the final review. Completion is confirmed against the terms of your agreement. References are offered based on your actual work, when your mentor can speak to it.

For universities

A structured, mentored, 100% remote internship in AI, engineering, security, marketing, and sales: real projects, real feedback, and the documentation your university needs.

Belsoft works with universities to accommodate different academic internship structures. Financial arrangements vary by placement and may include paid internships, unpaid curricular placements, or placements supported by university, scholarship or other external funding. The applicable arrangement is agreed and documented before the internship begins.

Internships are subject to applicable local requirements and university policies. Belsoft confirms the relevant arrangements before the placement begins.

We're planning to apply to Erasmus+ and aren't part of it yet. Until then, we host students through their university's own internship agreement. If you coordinate placements, we'd love to talk.

Contact our programme team

What your students' institution receives

  • A named supervisor and a learning plan, mapped to your degree where your university asks for it
  • Your university's internship agreement and forms, completed as your university requires
  • A mid-point and a final evaluation, completed in your university's format
  • Written confirmation of dates, hours, and attendance, and a certificate of completion
  • A direct contact for coordinators

How to apply

  1. 01

    Apply

    Tell us what you want to learn. A CV or LinkedIn, plus a few honest paragraphs. No cover-letter theatre.

  2. 02

    Meet

    A 30-minute chat with a mentor from your track. You get to ask your questions too.

  3. 03

    Try

    A short practical exercise for your track, about two hours, so we both see how you work.

  4. 04

    Confirm

    We agree your dates, hours, learning plan, the compensation or funding arrangement, and any university paperwork, in writing, before the placement is confirmed.

Questions

Students and recent graduates in a relevant field can apply, from any university or college. Self-taught applicants with real projects to show are welcome too, and we discuss the arrangement individually. You don't need professional experience: we look for curiosity, the basics of your track, and something you've made. A side project or coursework counts.

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