Summer 2026/27 Software Engineering Internships

Phocas Software; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 11,021,000 - 15,429,000; Full time

Job summary

Phocas Software in Christchurch invites four summers interns to work with experienced engineers on real product challenges. You’ll contribute to two projects and gain hands-on experience with modern tools while building skills applicable to analytics and finance domains.

You’ll be mentored daily, collaborate in pairs, and learn through practical tasks, demonstrations, and code reviews. The internship runs for 10 weeks starting late November, with in-office work and strong learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Penultimate year of software engineering or CS degree.
• Based in New Zealand with valid working rights.
• Curious and keen to learn.
• Loves collaborating with others to solve challenging problems.
• Outstanding academic record or interesting personal projects, industry experience, or a unique hobby.
• Interest in data analytics and/or accounting & finance.

Responsibilities

• Work on the Synthetic Data Generator project: turn plain-language prompts into a working synthetic database, design interface, build deployment pipeline and stress-test for misuse.
• Build the data model and depreciation logic for Resource Planning (Capex & Fixed Assets) and develop a front-end for asset schedules review.

Skills

Collaboration

Curiosity

Problem solving

Data analytics

Finance interest

Education

Penultimate year of software engineering or computer science

Job description

Summer 2026/27 Software Engineering Internships

Phocas builds data analytics and financial planning software that helps thousands of businesses make better decisions. Our Christchurch Product & Development centre is home to people building and improving those products every day.

We’re looking for four interns to join the team this summer. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers on real product challenges, learn quickly, and help shape software used by businesses around the world.

Think you might be a good fit?

What you'll work on

You’ll work in pairs on one of two projects that'll have real impact for our team and our customers:

• Synthetic Data Generator : Our test databases are great for demos, training, and reproducing bugs…until a customer hits an edge case they don't cover. You’ll build a tool that turns a plain-language prompt into a working synthetic database: researching real use cases, designing the interface, building the tool and its deployment pipeline, and stress-testing it against misuse.
• Resource Planning (Capex & Fixed Assets) : Phocas is building the next module in its Resource Planning suite: capital expenditure and fixed-asset planning. You’ll build the data model for tracking assets, implement depreciation logic against rules defined by one of our in-house accountants, and build out a front-end for reviewing asset schedules.

You’ll be supported by experienced mentors, get hands‑on with modern tools and practices, and have a lot of fun along the way.

You must be:

• in your penultimate year of a software engineering or computer science degree
• based in New Zealand with valid working rights, and studying at an NZ university (or other tertiary education institution)
• curious and keen to learn
• someone who loves collaborating with others to solve challenging problems
• an outstanding academic record, interesting personal projects, industry experience, or a particularly unusual hobby
• an interest in, passion for, or experience with data analytics and/or accounting & finance

Other things you need to know:

• internships run for 10 weeks/400 hours, starting end November
• we shut down between Christmas and the New Year
• we think it's important for our interns to come into the office every day, so you have plenty of help, support, and learning opportunities
• our office is centrally located in Sydenham (near the Colombo). We have plenty of parking on site for four, two, and one-wheeled methods of transport

Phocas is an Accredited Employer and we support international talent, but due to current visa settings and processing times, we can only consider applicants with current New Zealand working rights.

Phocas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

Recruiters, please note: We don't accept unsolicited agency resumes.

Phocas Software is a profitable, growing SaaS company with a loyal customer base and a category‑leading product. With a clear path toward scaling from $70M to $250M and a reimagined GTM structure, this is a prime moment to join and shape the future of how we deliver value to customers.

We know that fun is different for everyone. So, if you want to try out innovative approaches to sales, lead a project, save the planet, or spend more time with your favourite people outside work, you’ll have our full support.

As long as you’re doing what brings you joy, the rest falls into place. Think less stress, higher performance, more energy and all‑round nicer human. Your friends and family will be delighted.