Software Engineer Trainee

Mumbai Commerce operates consumer websites and apps used by tens of millions of people each month. Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it. We started in 1988 and have grown to about 112,900 people. We ship small changes daily rather than big quarterly releases.

About the internship

Mumbai Commerce is hiring a Software Engineer Trainee for Immediately. 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. Remote position. Most of the team is in Mumbai, but nobody is required to come in. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async.

What you'll do

• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same

What we're looking for

• Women returning to work after a career break are welcome to apply
• Have a working laptop and a stable internet connection
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• 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

Nice to have

• Contributions to an open source project, however small
• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP

What you get out of it

• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored

Program dates: Immediately, 3 months.

Compensation: ₹33,000 to ₹35,000 monthly

Perks

• Certificate
• Letter of recommendation
• Free access to paid learning courses
• Flexible work hours

If you are shortlisted, we will reach out to set up a first call.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

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