Backend Developer Intern

We are looking for motivated interns to join our product and engineering team. These roles are suitable for recent graduates or early-career professionals who want hands-on experience building real-world digital products while working alongside experienced developers, designers, and product team members.

Backend Developer Intern

Role Overview

We are looking for a Backend Developer Intern to support the development, testing, and maintenance of the server-side components of our applications.

You will work with the development team to build APIs, implement business logic, work with databases, integrate third-party services, and help ensure our applications are secure, reliable, and scalable.

Training & Project Requirement: This role requires that the individual should have completed a relevant training. A personal or group project is acceptable following this — and even better, prior experience on a live project is considered an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing and maintaining backend services and REST APIs.
• Implement application business logic based on product requirements.
• Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Assist with database schema design, queries, migrations, and data validation.
• Integrate third-party services and APIs.
• Implement authentication, authorization, and access-control features.
• Help identify and fix backend bugs.
• Write clean, reusable, and maintainable code.
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions.
• Write unit and integration tests for backend functionality.
• Assist with API documentation.
• Use Git and GitHub for source control and collaboration.
• Work with frontend developers to integrate APIs.
• Follow security and data-protection best practices.
  
  

Preferred Technical Skills

• Basic understanding of JavaScript and/or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with Node.js.
• Knowledge of backend frameworks such as NestJS, Express.js, or similar technologies.
• Basic understanding of SQL and relational databases.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and JSON.
• Basic understanding of authentication concepts such as JWT, sessions, and role-based access control.
• Familiarity with Git and GitHub.
• Understanding of HTTP methods, status codes, and client-server architecture.
  
  

Nice to Have

• Experience with PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with Docker.
• Knowledge of Redis, queues, background jobs, or caching.
• Experience integrating payment, email, SMS, identity verification, or other external APIs.
• Basic understanding of cloud deployment.
  
  

What We Are Looking For

• Strong willingness to learn.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand technical requirements.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate problems clearly.
• Comfortable asking questions when requirements are unclear.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other developers and designers.
  
  

General Internship Requirements

Candidates should:

• Be recent graduates, self-taught professionals, or individuals building early careers in their chosen field.
• Have basic knowledge of the role they are applying for.
• Be willing to learn and work on real products.
• Be able to communicate effectively with team members.
• Be responsible with assigned tasks and deadlines.
• Be comfortable receiving constructive feedback.
• Demonstrate curiosity, initiative, and willingness to improve.
• Have access to a reliable computer and internet connection where remote work is required.
  
  

Previous professional experience is not mandatory. Personal projects, school projects, portfolio projects, open-source contributions, or other demonstrations of practical ability may be considered.

What Interns Will Gain

Interns will have the opportunity to:

• Work on real production-oriented software projects.
• Monthly stipend
• Collaborate with developers, designers, QA, and product stakeholders.
• Learn professional development and design workflows.
• Use Git/GitHub, Figma, project-management tools, and modern development technologies.
• Participate in code/design reviews.
• Improve their portfolio with practical experience.
• Learn how products move from requirements and designs to development, testing, and release.
• Receive mentorship and technical feedback throughout the internship.