Backend Development Intern

Products include endpoint protection, email security and a cloud posture management platform. Large incident response engagements can involve 20 or more responders working in shifts for weeks. We started in 1986 and have grown to about 240 people.

About the role:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Remote within India. The team meets in Chennai once a quarter, travel covered. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Please make sure you have dependable internet and backup power.

What you'll do:

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works.
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.

What we're looking for:

• Can commit full time, from home, for the whole internship.
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (between December 2027 and June 2028 batch)
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.

Nice to have:

• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work.
• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP.

What you'll learn:

• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers.
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.

Duration: 2 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: ₹29,000 - ₹32,000/month

What we offer:

• Job offer on successful completion.
• Performance bonus.
• 5 days a week.
• Flexible work hours.

Duration: 2 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Chennai Cybersecurity.