Backend Development Intern

About Hofmann Commerce:

We run a marketplace with over 300,000 active sellers and fulfillment centres in four regions. Our engineering, trust and safety, and customer support teams work across offices in Cologne and several other countries. Core hours are 10 to 3, and the rest of the day is flexible.

Overview:

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. The company is based in Cologne, Germany. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. Remote internship with a team based in Cologne. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Working hours overlap with Central European Time.

Responsibilities:

• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result

What we're looking for:

• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2027 batch)
• Can start immediately or within two weeks
• Are available for a full-time work from home internship for the entire duration
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Pursuing a B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, BS Computer Science or a related degree, graduating in 2027
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection

Bonus points:

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics

What you'll learn:

• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: ₹55,000 to ₹70,000 monthly

Perks:

• 5 days a week
• Letter of recommendation
• Certificate
• Laptop provided for the internship
• Free access to paid learning courses
• Job offer on successful completion

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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