Software Development Intern

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About Virtual Internships

Were on an ambitious and challenging mission to provide guaranteed internships to anyone, anytime, anywhere no one else is doing this at our scale! Regardless of background, major, location, or career field, every student can gain invaluable experience at innovative companies worldwide, significantly enhancing their employability and career readiness. Trusted by universities, governments, foundations, and online education institutions, we re transforming learners lives globally.
  • $14.3million

    Series A

    fundraise announced in September 2022, with investors including Hambro Perks, Sequoia India & Surge, Arsenal Growth, Kaplan, and Ascend Vietnam Ventures
  • Ranked 20th out of 13,000 organizations to Escape To in 2023 Featured as a Top 100 EdTech Startup by HolonIQ in 2021, 2022, and 2023
  • Rated as a Top 50 Rising Startup by Tech in Asia in 2022
  • Remote-first

    with 100+ employees across 20+ countries globally
  • B2B EdTech

    product, trusted by 100+ universities, 10,000+ interns, and 14,000+ companies
One of the core values at VI is transparency. Therefore feel free to try before you apply by visiting our VI-P Guide , which includes our values, how we operate, how we build our packages, and a few other snippets of who we are!

Your Role

As a Software Development Intern, you will primarily work on building and enhancing our core backend services while occasionally contributing to frontend development. You ll collaborate closely with our small, fast-moving engineering team, gaining exposure to the entire product lifecycle from design to deployment.
This role offers the unique benefits of working in a startup environment - ownership, rapid learning, and the opportunity to make a visible impact on real products used by our customers.
This position will be a

stipend-based

,

full-time,

6

-month

internship.

What You ll Be Doing

  • You ll assist in designing and building scalable systems used by millions of students and companies.
  • Youll collaborate with teams on specific components or projects, gaining hands-on experience in backend and fullstack development.
  • Youll help troubleshoot production issues and contribute to finding long-term fixes.

Why Youll Love This Role

  • We believe in a small and effective team - you ll have a voice in what to build and will take ownership of your contributions.
  • You will bring a fresh perspective to our projects, contributing innovative ideas and solutions that enhance our development processes.

Who Were Looking For

Your Attributes

  • You are fast-paced: you love the speed of and impact you have in startups. You set aggressive milestones for yourself and do extra to meet them.
  • You are championing quality through your own coding practices.
  • You are actively working to hone your craft and be a better programmer.
  • You are accountable: if you ship something you own it from inception to production.
  • You are collaborative: you work with other engineers on solutions that cut across teams/technologies.
  • You can manage your workload: you communicate frequently and honestly to stakeholders and yourself about the work you commit to.

Your Experience

Ideally you should have:
  • Foundational understanding of software development principles.
  • Command over one programming language - preferably JS/Python/Java - including basic debugging skills.
  • Experience or coursework in building web applications and familiarity with at least one framework (e.g., Express, Django).
  • Experience working with SQL databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
  • Some knowledge of caching techniques and utilities like Memcache / Redis.
  • Basic understanding of the REST paradigm, service-oriented architecture, and distributed systems.
You stand out from the crowd if:
  • You have worked at a remote-first organization
  • You have prior internship experience
Consider this our wish-list. We know there will be great candidates that dont meet every one of these criteria if youre passionate about the role and have early-stage startup experience, wed still love to hear from you.

Virtual Internships Perks and Benefits

  • Remote-First:

    All roles at VI are currently and will remain remote - flexibility to work from anywhere.
  • Flexible Working Hours:

    Start earlier, leave earlier, take a shorter lunch, or leave later, its totally up to you.
  • Flexible VIer Budget:

    You ll receive a flexible budget of $1,000 per year that you can use on but not limited to your work setup, personal wellness, or professional development.
  • Post Internship:

    Support with references, LinkedIn profile building to help with the next stages of your career journey.

Equality & Diversity

Virtual Internships is an equal opportunity employer, committed to equality and diversity amongst both our employees and prospective applicants. We ensure all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process.

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