Node.js Developer Intern (Work From Home)

Advertising, subscriptions and transaction fees each bring in a significant share of revenue. Ryeside HQ operates consumer websites and apps used by tens of millions of people each month. Support shifts are shared, so engineers spend a few hours a quarter answering customer tickets.

The program

Ryeside HQ is hiring a Node.js Developer Intern for Within 2 weeks. We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. 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. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations

Who you are

• Based anywhere in Pakistan
• Own a laptop and have stable internet at home, ideally with a UPS backup
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Pursuing a B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, BS Computer Science or a related degree, graduating in 2027

Nice to have

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

What you get out of it

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it

Program dates: Within 2 weeks, 2 months.

Compensation: PKR 135,000 - PKR 140,000 a month

Benefits for interns

• Performance bonus
• Letter of recommendation
• Job offer on successful completion
• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers
• Internet allowance

We look at every application, usually within a week.

Duration: 2 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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