Backend Engineer Intern
Palo Alto, CaliforniaFull-TimeInternBackend
What you'll do:
- Collaborate across Tinder Engineering on the expansion of our service platform.
- Develop and operate scalable and resilient distributed services that run on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Build large scale distributed systems that handle billions of data events a day.
- Write unit and integration tests.
- Access to cutting-edge Generative AI tools and the opportunity to apply them in real-world engineering work.
What we're looking for:
- Aspiring backend developer who’s excited to work on large scale challenges with cutting-edge technology.
- Proficiency in coding with at least one language (Java, Scala, Python,Typescript, Nodejs, etc.).
- Foundational knowledge of basic Computer Science principles: data structures and algorithms.
- Curiosity and creativity in leveraging Generative AI to reimagine feature building and development workflows.
- Currently pursuing a BS/BA, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
Nice to have:
- Prior internship or work experience on backend systems.
- Completed relevant project experience (i.e. hackathons, personal projects, GitHub, Open Source, volunteer coding experience etc.).
- Knowledge of technologies such as; Protocol Buffers, gRPC, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, ElasticSearch, Redis.
- Aware of AWS technologies like; DynamoDB, S3, RDS, ElastiCache.
