Software Development Intern

More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. Headquartered in Hyderabad since 2003, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. We started in 2003 and have grown to about 280 people. Laptops are MacBook Pros, and you pick your own editor.

The internship:

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. You can work from home anywhere in India. We have no office requirement. Please make sure you have dependable internet and backup power.

Day to day:

• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• 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.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.

Requirements:

• Available for a full-time (work from home) internship for the full duration.
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2027 batch)
• Pursuing a B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, BS Computer Science or a related degree, graduating in 2027.
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.

Nice to have:

• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work.
• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef.
• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express.

Duration: 2 months

Start date: Within 2 weeks

Stipend: ₹30,000 - ₹38,000/month

What we offer:

• Certificate.
• Free access to paid learning courses.
• Laptop provided for the internship.
• Internet allowance.
• Letter of recommendation.

We review applications as they come in.

Duration: 2 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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