Backend Engineer Intern at Pettysave Nigeria

Pettysave is a technology company that builds economic and internet infrastructure to aid people in their path to financial freedom.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Backend Engineer

Location: Lagos
Contract Type: Internship (6 month(s))

About
Pettysave seeks an intern with little experience in backend web development (Node.js). If you’re looking to gain exciting real-world software engineering experience at a wonderful company, this role is perfect for you. You will primarily work with the development team to maintain and improve our backend infrastructure for a duration of 6 months. Our product is built with:

Adonis.js / Node.js (Backend)
MySQL & Redis (Datastore)
Github (Code hosting)
Nuxt.js (Frontend)
Flutter (Mobile apps)
AWS (DevOps)

Job Description

Working with the backend team to maintain and improve our backend infrastructure (Node.js)
Participate in engineering team sprints
Work with the backend team to develop code with high-quality unit testing and integration testing
Improving performance in all components that you design and build
Adding analytics, monitoring, and alerts to our service so that we can better respond to operational incidents
Using and developing internal tools and documentation

Preferred Experience

Have some experience in backend web development
Knowledge of Node.js and MySQL
Knowledge of Git and approaches for software development processes that allow delivering high-quality code
You are able to find pragmatic solutions for today’s challenges while allowing the code to be able to fulfil tomorrows changing requirements
Willingness to learn new programming concepts and apply them practically
Good communication skills

Nice to haves: