Frontend Developer Intern

Salary Unpaid

Are you a bit mad, very driven, and excited about building new things?Look no further!The Shortcut is seeking a proactive team player Frontend developer Intern to join our team!We are a talent accelerator, helping people to enter the tech world by either creating a startup or joining one.We're a community-driven non-profit part of Startup Foundation, alongside eg. Slush and Maria01.We support our community through events, workshops and training to develop skills needed in high growth companies.


The general scope of your responsibility will consist of:

  • Maintaining and further developing our existing web software products

  • Managing and executing the development of new websites when needed collaborating with design, marketing, and(or) events teams

  • Possibly assisting in web development and programming training workshops and coding clubs

You are:

  • Energised and driven by subjects such as talent development, diversity in tech and the Shortcut mission

  • Ambitious, willing to grow as a developer, and seeking to demonstrate your abilities

  • Passionate about frontend web development, programming and tech industry in general

  • Eager and open to learning new things

  • Competent with frontend technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

  • Familiar with or eager to learn WordPress development

  • Able to respond to challenges by generating results, getting feedback, and improving based on that feedback


We offer:

  • Platform to showcase your ability and increase your employability

  • Hands-on experience working on practical web development projects

  • Access to networking opportunities

  • Working with a diverse community of driven, likeminded doers


Please send us a letter of motivation describing what interests you about the position and The Shortcut, as well as your CV via The Hub so we can get to know you better by November 30th,2019. In the meanwhile, should you have any questions, contact Mojjammil on our Tech team.

For more information or questions please contact us at mojjammil@theshortcut.org

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Near public transit
Near public transit

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Skill development
Skill development

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Work life balance
Work life balance

Central office
Central office

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Working at
The Shortcut

We are an impact-driven non-profit organization. Our focus is on making a difference in the professional lives of our community members by providing them with insights and skills to build meaningful careers or entrepreneurship. We at The Shortcut work for entrepreneurial and professional integration and career transformation in Finland. We belong to the family of Finnish startup ecosystem along with Slush, Maria 01 startup hub and Junction, and are owned by Startup Foundation. We began as an entrepreneurial initiative in 2016 and have evolved into a diverse coaching, training and events hub, with a mission to change attitudes in Finland to be more welcoming towards international talents. For this we have just launched a nationwide attitude change campaign with over 25 other entities, https://maanpuolustaja.fi/en/.

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