About the program
Major League Hacking's Fellowship is built for people who want the internship experience without the internship scramble. Small remote cohorts work in teams on real production open-source projects contributed by MLH's partner organizations, with professional mentors running sprint rituals instead of classroom assignments.
The fellowship is batch-based - Spring, Summer and Fall cohorts - and the Fall batch is in session now. Contributors switch projects every few weeks, so graduates finish with a portfolio across several stacks and a network of mentors rather than a single-repo story.
Primary stack
Technical focus
The path
- 01Apply per batch
Code samples, a short intro, and availability for the full twelve weeks. Decisions in about two weeks.
- 02Onboarding sprint (week 1)
Cohort intros, tooling setup, and team assignment onto a partner project with a mentor lead.
- 03Sprint cycles (weeks 2 - 10)
Two-week sprints on production OSS, code review as ritual, demo days each Friday.
- 04Capstone and placement push (weeks 11 - 12)
One polished capstone plus résumé and mock loops - MLH's placement team works the partner network.
Who it's for
- Students who cannot take a traditional summer internship - it runs remotely around your semester
- Self-taught devs who want team experience, not solo tutorial projects
- Anyone aiming for a first job: the fellowship doubles as a placement pipeline
What you walk away with
- Paid tracks up to USD 2,000/month
- Production commits across several partner orgs in twelve weeks
- A demo day capstone and a warm referral network
- Access to MLH's event and hackathon ecosystem year-round
Program timeline
Calendar positions for the 2026 cycle - the marker shows October, where you are now.
- Spring batchMar - Jun
- Summer batchJun - Aug
- Fall batchSep - Novin session
Organizations
Reading the participation record...
More programs we track
Everything else on the calendar - 12 other mentored routes from first PR to paid season.
