Programming, Burgers, and Treasure: Summer with FreeAgent
This summer it has been my pleasure to join FreeAgent as a Data Engineering intern. Alongside the analytics and architecture teams, I have been working on a new exciting feature to complement the FreeAgent application. Programming mostly with Python, I have learned a great deal from my colleagues, and I wish to share the experience with you all here on the engineering blog. Since joining in early June, the intern… Continue reading
Being a data science intern
Fiona Christie joined us here at FreeAgent on a 3-month internship with our Data Science team this summer after completing an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Glasgow. She impressed us so much that we offered her a full-time role and we even managed to persuade her to write this post about her experience as an intern. Condensing my time at FreeAgent into one post hasn’t… Continue reading
My Summmer Internship at FreeAgent, 2013
This summer I left the silver city to work for FreeAgent, makers of online accounting software in Edinburgh. I was working with one other intern and our first project was to add Stripe integration for paying invoices. There was already a structure for other payment processors so this was easy - just copy the pattern and we’re done! ...Or not. After years of minimal feedback, someone was looking at my… Continue reading
Summer Internships in Engineering – apply for the Class of 2013
For the past three years we have invited interns to join our Edinburgh-based Engineering team for the summer months between June and September. Today we're officially opening the doors to the Class of 2013! Last year's interns developed one of FreeAgent's most requested features, the Online Payment Portal, so you'll get to work on an exciting project, not mundane work. If you're a keen hacker and a CompSci (or similar)… Continue reading
Engineering Summer Interns
Every summer we invite at least one intern to join our Edinburgh-based Engineering team for three months between June and September and today we're officially opening the doors to the Class of 2012! If you're a CompSci student at a UK university and you want to do something amazing this summer, please get in touch! Find out all the details on our Jobs Page. Continue reading
Tales of a FreeAgent Summer Intern, 2011
Hi all! I’m one of this year’s summer engineering interns at FreeAgent and I would like to introduce myself, give you an overview of what it’s like working for FreeAgent, and finally share a few of my work experiences with you. First though, a little about myself: I’m a 4th year student at the University of Edinburgh, studying Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. My main interests include rock-climbing, snowboarding, and… Continue reading