Backend Development Intern

Advisory services include transaction due diligence, valuation, forensic accounting and IT risk. Offices in Munich and more than 20 other cities share a national tax and technical resources team.

The program:

Duneworks is hiring a Backend Development Intern for Within 2 weeks. This is a hands-on coding internship. Most of the work is in Python and Node.js, with some SQL and a bit of shell scripting. The company is based in Munich, Germany. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. Remote internship with a team based in Munich. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Working hours overlap with Central European Time. You will write a lot of updates, so clear written English is important.

What you'll do:

• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage

Who you are:

• Available for the full internship period
• Undergraduates or recent graduates in IT, computer science, management or a related field
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics

What you'll learn:

• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends

Program dates: Within 2 weeks, 3 months.

Pay: $350 - $400 monthly

Benefits for interns:

• Free access to paid learning courses
• Letter of recommendation
• Internet allowance
• Mentorship from senior team members
• Certificate
• Job offer on successful completion

Duration: 3 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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