Job Description

About Virtual Internships
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We're on a mission to create a world where internships are guaranteed for all. We ensure learners have access to remote internship opportunities at innovative companies worldwide, regardless of their background, major, location, or career field choice. Our clients include universities, governments, foundations, and online education institutions.



• $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 (https://www.notion.so/Virtual-Internships-VI-P-GUIDE-0aaa39e9a3304d4cbc19fad96bd0c72d), which includes our values, how we operate, how we build our packages, and a few other snippets of who we are!



Your Role
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As a Software Engineer - Backend at Virtual Internships, you will be part of a global team of ambitious talents who champion quality through excellent coding practices and continuous learning. Taking full ownership of your work from inception to production, you will collaborate effectively across teams. You will integrate testing naturally into your workflow to ensure reliability and participate actively in design and code reviews. With strong time management and prioritization skills, you will communicate clearly with stakeholders. Thriving in a fast-paced environment, you will set and achieve ambitious milestones.

What You'll Be Doing
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• You'll design and build scalable systems to be used by millions of students and companies
• You will own large components, systems, or projects, coordinating and communicating with teams and leads across the organization.
• You will architect backend solutions to high complexity problems, with high-availability and high-reliability in mind.
• You will instigate design discussions and facilitate engineering-wide learning.
• You will be the primary driver of resolving production issues, holding post-mortems, and owning long-term fixes.
• We believe in a small and effective team - you'll have a say in what to build and then own it
• We are paranoid about performance - you'll investigate performance/scalability bottlenecks and existing queries, and/or write new queries with performance optimisation in mind
• Identify libraries and technologies that solve our problems and/or are worth experimentation





Who We're Looking For
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• 2+ years of background and experience in software development
• Command over one language - preferably JS/Java/Python - including debugging and performance
• Understanding of databases - Relational and Non Relational - their data models and performance
• Experience building web applications and familiarity with at least one framework (Express, Django, etc)
• Knowledge of caching techniques and utilities like Memcache / Redis
• Knowledge of REST paradigm, service oriented architecture and distributed systems
• Clear understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Knowledge of how the internet and networking works (i.e. DNS, HTTP, TLS, Certificates, etc) and the tools and services that enable people and devices to connect to services (e.g., browsers, CDNs, proxies, etc).
• Some knowledge of and experience with how systems work at scale (e.g. threads, virtualization, configuration management, load balancers, caching).


You stand out from the crowd if:


• You have worked at a Series B+ product-tech scaleup
• You have worked at a remote-first organization


Virtual Internships Perks and Benefits
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• Remote-First: We're a remote-first business so you will receive a Work From Home Budget depending on your location. If you're based in Vietnam, we also have an HCMC office you can work from.
• Flexible Working Hours: Start earlier, leave earlier, take a shorter lunch, or leave later, it's totally up to you.
• Annual Leave : Wherever you are in the world, you'll get 25 days of paid annual leave per year, plus bank holidays and 5 sick days.
• Life Event Leave: There are moments in life where your life responsibility is a higher priority than work (e.g. moving house, your best friend getting married, your sister having a baby) therefore, you'll get 5 days of paid life-event leave to support these occasions. You also get a day off on your birthday. This is in addition to your Annual Leave.
• 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.
• Tech: New joiners receive either a Windows or Mac company laptop depending on the role.


Equality & Diversity
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•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.•