Backend Development Intern

More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Most engineers work remotely and come into the office one week a quarter for planning.

The program:

DBS Digital is hiring a Backend Development Intern for Within 2 weeks. Our Platform team is five engineers working fully remote across two time zones. The intern picks up small backend tickets first and moves to bigger features once comfortable. Our headquarters is in Lakewood, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Lakewood team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern. Please make sure you have a quiet place to work and a solid internet connection.

Your projects:

• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.

Who you are:

• Women starting or restarting their careers are encouraged to apply.
• Own a laptop and have stable internet at home.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.
• Pursuing a B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, BS Computer Science or a related degree, graduating in 2027.

Preferred qualifications:

• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express.
• Contributions to an open source project, however small.

What you'll learn:

• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it.
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure.
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.

Program dates: Within 2 weeks, 6 months.

Compensation: ₹48,000-₹60,000 monthly

Benefits for interns:

• Flexible work hours.
• Laptop provided for the internship.
• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers.
• Mentorship from senior team members.

Candidates must be eligible to work in.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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