Full Stack Engineering Intern

We are seeking a passionate and detail-oriented Full Stack Developer Intern to join our fast-moving product team. This internship is designed for individuals eager to build reliable, scalable, and high-performance backend systems. You will work with modern backend technologies like Node.js, Express.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, WebSockets, and Redis, while gaining hands-on experience collaborating within a large-scale codebase. This role is a great opportunity to sharpen your backend engineering skills, work on real-world projects, and learn best practices for building and maintaining production-grade applications.

Key Responsibilities

1. Backend Development: Contribute to designing, developing, and maintaining APIs and backend services using Node.js, Express.js, TypeScript, and FastAPI, ensuring performance, scalability, and clean code practices.

2. Real-time Communication: Implement and manage real-time features with WebSockets and Server-Sent Events (SSE) to deliver live updates to clients.

3. Data & State Management: Work with Redis for caching and efficient data retrieval, while integrating backend systems with client-side tools like React Query for seamless synchronization.

4. Database & Performance Optimization: Assist in building data flows, caching layers, and optimizing backend logic for speed, reliability, and scalability.

5. Collaboration & Code Reviews: Work closely with frontend and backend developers, participate in code reviews, and follow established coding guidelines to maintain consistency across the codebase.

6. Monitoring & Debugging: Contribute to debugging, troubleshooting, and testing backend services, ensuring high availability and reliability.

7. Integration & Visualization: Collaborate with frontend teams using React Charts and APIs to build data-driven features.

Required Skills & Qualifications

1. Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

2. Strong understanding of Node.js, Express.js, and backend development fundamentals.

3. Familiarity with TypeScript for writing clean, type-safe backend code.

4. Basic knowledge of Python and FastAPI for microservices or additional backend tasks.

5. Understanding of WebSockets, SSE, and RESTful APIs.

6. Experience working with Redis or similar caching/database systems.

7. Proficiency with Git for version control.

8. Eagerness to learn, collaborate, and adapt to working in a large, production-level codebase.

9. Preferred Qualifications (Strong plus, but not required)

10. Experience contributing to large-scale backend projects or open-source repositories.

11. Familiarity with scalable system design, microservices, and API optimization.

12. Exposure to performance tuning, caching strategies, and message queues.

13. Interest in data visualization and real-time dashboards using React Charts.

14. Knowledge of web security best practices and authentication/authorization flows.