Software Engineer Intern (Backend) – 3rd-year HBO

Internship

Deurningen - Utrecht

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About Aqqo

Aqqo is the market leader in reservation and management software for (municipal) sports facilities, meeting venues, and community properties. We help our clients plan, automate, and handle the financial aspects of bookings. Simplicity, a good user experience, and visual clarity are essential. Your work will have a direct impact on how managers organize their facilities on a daily basis.

About the role

At Aqqo, this isn’t a shadowing internship—you’ll be a real part of the development team. As a Backend Software Engineering Intern, you’ll work on product features used by thousands of users daily, and get a first-hand look at how professional software is built and maintained in a SaaS environment.

You’ll receive close guidance, clear feedback, and plenty of space to grow—both technically and personally.

This is a working internship, not a graduation project.

What will you do

  • Build backend functionality under guidance within the Aqqo platform
  • Work with PHP and Laravel to develop and improve APIs
  • Learn how to write stable, scalable, and well-structured code
  • Contribute to real product features with direct user impact
  • Collaborate in an agile team with stand-ups, code reviews, and releases
  • Use modern dev tools, including AI-assisted coding (e.g. Cursor or GitHub Copilot)
  • Learn from and work alongside experienced backend, frontend, and platform engineers
  • About you

    You’re curious, motivated, and eager to understand how real-world software development works.

    You:

    • Are a 3rd-year HBO student in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or similar
    • Are looking for a working internship where you gain hands-on experience
    • Have a basic understanding of programming and an interest in backend development
    • Are curious about PHP, Laravel, and APIs (prior experience is a bonus, not required)
    • Ask questions and are open to feedback
    • Work in a structured way and take responsibility for your work
    • Feel at home in an informal, professional environment

    Benefits

  • A valuable internship in a professional SaaS product team
  • Intensive guidance from experienced engineers
  • Real contributions to a live product with impact
  • Insight into how scalable software is built and maintained
  • Flexible working hours
  • Work from Deurningen or Utrecht
  • Company laptop
  • Informal team culture
  • Fun team activities through our social committee
  • Internship compensation
  • This vacancy is directed exclusively at candidates who are personally looking for a new challenge. Recruitment and employment agencies are kindly asked not to respond.

    Point of contact

    Tycho Kamphuis

    tycho@aqqo.com085 – 0290 520
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