Backend Developer Intern
Company: Wexa.ai
Department: Engineering
Job Type: Internship
Work Type: onsite
Experience: 0–1 year / Freshers
No. of Open Positions: 10
About the Role
Wexa.ai is looking for motivated Backend Developer Interns to join the Engineering team and work on CognoDB Cloud, our managed graph database platform.
As a Backend Intern, you will gain hands-on experience building APIs and backend services that support data handling, cloud infrastructure, performance, and scalability. You will work with real-world databases, write production-quality code, and learn how modern backend systems are designed and deployed.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain backend services and REST APIs for the CognoDB Cloud platform.
- Develop APIs for data handling and platform features.
- Work with SQL or NoSQL databases and integrate them with backend applications.
- Write efficient database queries and improve application performance.
- Implement features following clean coding and software development practices.
- Write unit tests and help maintain reliable, production-ready code.
- Debug issues and troubleshoot backend and API-related problems.
- Work with Git/GitHub for version control and collaborative development.
- Collaborate with frontend developers, product teams, and other engineers.
- Learn and apply best practices for scalable backend development.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree/diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Strong programming fundamentals and knowledge of at least one programming language:
- Python, Java, Node.js, Go, .NET, PHP, or Ruby
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- Basic understanding of REST API development.
- Hands-on experience with at least one database such as:
MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Redis.
- Familiarity with Git/GitHub.
- Understanding of basic data structures and algorithms.
- Ability to write clean, readable, and maintainable code.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Good communication and teamwork skills.
- Willingness to learn new technologies and work in a remote environment.Good to Have
- Node.js / Express.js
- Python / FastAPI / Django
- Java / Spring Boot
- Microservices
- Docker
- CI/CD
- AWS / GCP / Azure
- Kafka or message queues
- Redis and caching
- Linux
- Unit testing
- Performance optimization
- Data Structures & Algorithms
- Graph databases
What You Will Learn
- Backend and REST API development
- Database design and integration
- Query optimization and performance tuning
- Building scalable backend services
- Cloud infrastructure fundamentals
- Microservices and distributed systems
- Testing and debugging production-quality applications
- Git/GitHub and collaborative software development
- Working with graph databases and graph-based applications
Pay: Up to ₹10,000.00 per month
Application Question(s):
- Do you have hands-on experience with any SQL or NoSQL database?
- Do you have basic knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms?
- Have you built or worked on a REST API?
- Are you comfortable working remotely and collaborating with a distributed team?
- Are you comfortable working onsite and collaborating with a distributed team?
Work Location: In person
