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Flynn

Open-source PaaS for deploying apps

Technical Services Placement Intern

InternshipPosted on 9/16/2026
No salary listed
Dublin, Ireland
In Person
Architecture & Civil EngineeringConstruction Management

About the job

Requirements
  • Be studying Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Services, or a related discipline as part of a college placement or internship programme.
  • Have an interest in construction, building services, engineering, and project delivery.
  • Be organised, reliable, and willing to take responsibility for assigned tasks.
  • Communicate clearly and demonstrate good attention to detail.
  • Be comfortable asking questions and taking feedback.
  • Be confident using Microsoft Office.
Responsibilities
  • Assist with coordinating mechanical, electrical, public health, and structural works.
  • Support the review and tracking of drawings, technical submittals, samples, approvals, and project documentation.
  • Help project teams keep information, approvals, and site activity aligned.
  • Attend project, technical services, and health and safety meetings as required.
  • Support mechanical and electrical progress tracking and help identify coordination or programme issues.
  • Liaise with mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural subcontractors, trade partners, suppliers, and project teams.
  • Support testing, commissioning, Building Control Amendment Regulations (BCAR), handover, and close-out activities.
  • Take direction, ask questions, and contribute to safe project delivery.
Desired Qualifications
  • Knowledge of Procore, AutoCAD, or building information modeling (BIM) software.

About the company

Flynn is an open-source Platform as a Service (PaaS) that lets developers deploy, scale, and manage applications and databases on their own infrastructure. Built with Go and container-based technology, it provides a self-hosted alternative to Heroku with Git-based automated deployments and built-in PostgreSQL and MySQL databases plus automatic load balancing. It can run on a single server or across multiple nodes for high availability, giving users control over hosting and resources. Its goal is to offer a simple, scalable way to run apps on self-hosted infrastructure, delivering a familiar Heroku-like workflow with on-premises flexibility.

Company Size

N/A

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$1.4M

Headquarters

Newark, New Jersey

Founded

2013

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What believers are saying

  • Archived code still documents a complete Heroku-style stack for legacy operators.
  • Self-hosting enthusiasts still reuse Flynn ideas for private PaaS experiments.
  • Open-source history preserves a migration path for teams retiring old Flynn clusters.

What critics are saying

  • GitHub archived Flynn on September 4, 2021; development stopped entirely.
  • Public infrastructure shut down, and the project receives no security updates.
  • Kubernetes, Render, and Railway absorbed Flynn's market; revival looks impossible.

What makes Flynn unique

  • Go-native, self-hostable PaaS with Git push deployment and built-in databases.
  • Ran on one server or clustered nodes, unlike Heroku's fixed managed model.
  • Open-source architecture let teams own infrastructure, data, and operational control.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
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