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Best place to intern for Software Engineering in Spain

Software Development Engineer Intern
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 1 year
December 21, 2022
Madrid, Community of Madrid
5.0
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Pros

You own your work. People are really nice and open to helping you. You have an impactful project for your internship that is actually used or will be used in the future. No boring tasks. Constantly learning from outstanding people. You are treated the same as the rest of the team. Macbook Pro and ThinkVision monitor for working from home.

  • Net salary for interns is ~2400€ a month (1600€ base + 800€ of housing allowance that you get even if you already live near the office and don't relocate), which is higher than many non-intern positions in Spanish companies and above the average salary in Spain.
  • Complete flexibility, you just have to attend meetings; you can organize the rest of your day as you wish.

Most managers do not care if you come to the office at all, although one or two days in the office is most typical. Most managers do not care if you work from another country for some weeks at a time. The objective of the internship is to have a new employee that has already onboarded, so if you work, you will most probably get a return offer.

Cons

Sometimes too many meetings can be boring and impact your productivity. At the beginning, it can be stressful to have so many trainings and stuff to learn, but with a couple of months it settles down, and you can focus on your work and not so much on learning the tools and processes.

If you are studying at the same time at university, it is really difficult because the Amazon internship is prepared for 8 hours of work a day (in Spain). Talk to your manager, and they will probably help you balance university and work.

Even if your internship evaluation is positive, a return offer depends on headcount needs. In times of a hiring freeze, a return offer is not guaranteed just because of that, even if feedback is inclined to hire.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
4.0

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