Backend Intern

Communicate regularly with stakeholders, project managers, quality assurance teams, and other developers regarding progress on long-term technology roadmap Create and maintain workflows with teams to provide visibility and to ensure workload balance for consistent visual designs Develop and oversee testing schedules in client server environment, addressing various browsers and devices to ensure that content is displayed as intended Produce quality code, raising the bar for team performance and speed Recommend systems solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchased alternatives Responsibilities Write code and tests, build prototypes, resolve issues, and profile and analyze bottlenecks Design robust APIs to support mobile and desktop clients Manage and optimize scalable distributed systems in the cloud Optimize web applications for performance and scalability Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met, and allow for regression testing Required skills and qualifications Excellent foundation in computer science, algorithms, and web design Experience in writing highly secure web applications Experience with core AWS web-enabling technologies Growth mindset that challenges the status quo and focuses on outside-the-box ideas and solutions Preferred skills and qualifications Pursuing Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in computer science Experience in designing RESTful APIs, specifically for mobile apps Experience in leading a team