Backend Development Intern

The network operations centre monitors every node and outage alert, day and night. Started as a telephone cooperative in 2002, Kaveri Telephone Cooperative still answers to the members it serves.

About the role

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. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in India. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do

• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them.
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day.
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems.
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger.

Who can apply

• Have a working laptop and a stable internet connection.
• Women wanting to start or restart their career can also apply.
• Are available for a full-time work from home internship for the entire duration.
• 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 2026, 2027 or 2028.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period.
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests.
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Within 2 weeks

Stipend: ₹33,000 - ₹34,000 monthly

What we offer

• Laptop provided for the internship.
• Performance bonus.
• Free access to paid learning courses.
• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers.
• Mentorship from senior team members.
• Job offer on successful completion.

We are reviewing applications as they arrive, so apply early.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Kaveri Telephone Cooperative.