Product Developer Intern

Wanted: Colonist Product Developer Intern
Working Hours:

We work asynchronously and value outcomes over hours

Location:

Fully Remote

About Colonist
We're building the biggest digital board game platform on the internet. Last year, our players spent 3,037 years playing 60 million games on our Settlers of Catan alternative. We're a fully remote, asynchronous team spread across multiple continents, focused on crafting extremely polished digital board games that people truly love.

About The Role
As a Product Developer Intern at Colonist, your mission is to work closely with our game team to solve complex product problems and build engaging game modes, ensuring seamless UI/UX across platforms. You'll learn how high-quality games and products are actually built and help shape a game that reaches millions of players.

What You’ll Do

Build and improve game UI and UX, with a strong focus on clarity, polish, and fun

Contribute to new game modes, features, and gameplay experiences

Turn product ideas into working features used by real players

Work across the stack as needed

Collaborate asynchronously with product teams

Learn how to ship, iterate, and improve features based on real player behavior

Requirements

Currently enrolled in a college course, preferably software development related

Available for a mid to long-term commitment (this is not a summer-only internship)

You enjoy building projects from start to finish

You care about user experience, not just the code

Motivated by solving challenging problems

Interested in board games

Nice to Have
You don't need to check all of these boxes.

JavaScript / TypeScript

Git and version control

Side projects, prototypes, or experiments (finished or unfinished)

Our Values at Colonist
Dependability
We're self-driven players who deliver without needing supervision. When we commit to something, we make it happen.

Ownership
We take full responsibility and go beyond our roles to improve Colonist. Each of us acts like we own the company, because through our stock options, we do.

Clear Communication
In our remote environment, written communication is key. We're direct, structured, and always keep our team in the loop.

Efficient Execution
We move fast and focus on impact. Instead of getting stuck on perfect solutions, we find practical ways forward and get things done.

Continuous Learning
We're curious problem solvers who love a challenge. We constantly seek new ideas, embrace feedback, and aren't afraid to change our minds when we're wrong.

Compensation

Competitive scholarship paid in USD

Why Colonist

Your work ships to 3,6M+ yearly active players

Async culture; deep work, no performative meetings

Unlimited vacation, yearly team offsite, full work equipment

Budget to experiment with any AI tool you want

Stock options: you'll own a piece of what you're building

Access to all company metrics and internal discussions

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