Fullstack/Backend Engineer Intern (Fully Remote) at Virtual Internships

About Virtual Internships

We're on an ambitious and challenging mission to provide guaranteed internships to anyone, anytime, anywhere—no one else is doing this at our scale! Regardless of background, major, location, or career field, every student can gain invaluable experience at innovative companies worldwide, significantly enhancing their employability and career readiness. Trusted by universities, governments, foundations, and online education institutions, we’re transforming learners' lives globally.

• $14.3million Series A fundraise announced in September 2022, with investors including Hambro Perks, Sequoia India & Surge, Arsenal Growth, Kaplan, and Ascend Vietnam Ventures
• Ranked 20th out of 13,000 organizations to “Escape To in 2023”Featured as a Top 100 EdTech Startup by HolonIQ in 2021, 2022, and 2023
• Rated as a Top 50 Rising Startup by Tech in Asia in 2022
• Remote-first with 100+ employees across 20+ countries globally
• B2B EdTech product, trusted by 100+ universities, 10,000+ interns, and 14,000+ companies

One of the core values at VI is transparency. Therefore feel free to “try before you apply” by visiting our VI-P Guide, which includes our values, how we operate, how we build our packages, and a few other snippets of who we are!

Your Role

As a Software Engineer Intern (Full-stack/Back-end) within our vibrant 15+ member product and engineering organization, you'll be getting real, hands-on software engineering experience while being at the forefront of crafting innovative solutions for our global student intern community.

Depend on your experience, you will work as a Full-stack or Back-end Web Engineer Intern, you'll work alongside experienced engineers to build and improve systems used by students and companies.

This position will be a stipend-based, full-time, 6-month internship.

What You’ll Be Doing

• You’ll assist in designing and building scalable systems used by millions of students and companies.
• You will collaborate with teams on specific components or projects, gaining hands-on experience in backend and fullstack development.
• You will bring a fresh perspective to our projects, contributing innovative ideas and solutions that enhance our development processes.
• You will help troubleshoot production issues and contribute to finding long-term fixes.
• You will support performance investigations and help optimize existing queries.
• We believe in a small and effective team - you’ll have a voice in what to build and will take ownership of your contributions.

Why You'll Love This Role

• You’ll gain hands-on experience working on a unique EdTech solution used by students and companies worldwide
• You’ll be part of a globally distributed teamp of experienced engineers and learn best practices in backend and full-stack development
• You’ll gain exposure to the end-to-end software engineering process and modern web technologies, including Node.js, Typescript and cloud-based infrastructure
• You’ll work in a fast-paced startup environment where your contributions will be valued and make a real impact
• You’ll receive mentorship and detailed feedback to help accelerate your growth as an engineer
• You’ll have the opportunity to build a strong portfolio showcasing your development skills and projects

Who We're Looking For

Technical Skills You'll Need🔧

• Foundational understanding of software development principles.
• Command over one programming language - preferably JS/Java/Python - including basic debugging skills.
• Experience or coursework in building web applications and familiarity with at least one framework (e.g., Express, Django).
• Some knowledge of caching techniques and utilities like Memcache / Redis.
• Basic understanding of the REST paradigm, service-oriented architecture, and distributed systems.
• Clear understanding of data structures and algorithms at a fundamental level.
• Knowledge of how the internet and networking works (i.e., DNS, HTTP, TLS, Certificates, etc.) and the tools and services that enable connectivity (e.g., browsers, CDNs, proxies).

The Right Mindset🌟

• You're championing quality through your own coding practices.
• You are actively working to hone your craft and be a better programmer.
• You seek to learn more about the organization, our business, and problem domain.
• Testing is a natural part of your workflow; you feel better when you're shipping a test. You guarantee your software and are the first to know if something is amiss.
• You enjoy participating in and providing feedback on design and code reviews. You're socializing and testing your designs for components/modules before cutting code.
• You are accountable: if you ship something you own it from inception to production.
• You are collaborative: you work with other engineers on solutions that cut across teams/technologies.
• You can manage your workload: you communicate frequently and honestly to stakeholders and yourself about the work you commit to.
• You are fast-paced: you love the speed of and impact you have in startups. You set aggressive milestones for yourself and do extra to meet them.

You stand out from the crowd if:

• You have worked at a remote-first Series A or Series B startup
• Have knowledge of and experience with how systems work at scale (e.g. threads, virtualization, configuration management, load balancers, caching, CDN)

Virtual Internships Perks and Benefits

• Remote-First: All roles at VI are currently and will remain remote - flexibility to work from anywhere
• Flexible Working Hours: Start earlier, leave earlier, take a shorter lunch, or leave later, it's totally up to you.
• Flexible VIer Budget: You’ll receive a flexible budget of $1,000 per year that you can use on but not limited to your work setup, personal wellness, or professional development.
• Post Internship: Support with references, LinkedIn profile building to help with the next stages of your career journey.

Equality & Diversity

Virtual Internships is an equal opportunity employer, committed to equality and diversity amongst both our employees and prospective applicants. We ensure all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process.