Software Engineer Intern

Role Overview

Branch is a leading AI-powered lending fintech with 50M+ downloads across India and Africa. As a Software Engineer Intern, you will work closely with experienced engineers to make significant contributions to our products and code base for 4-6 months. You will brainstorm, design, code, debug, and ship features serving millions of customers while picking up skills necessary for your career.

Responsibilities

• Build out functionality for existing and new product lines and platforms such as Credit, Payments, KYC, and Data Platforms.
• Integrate with various third-party systems, including payment systems, identity providers, and messaging platforms.

Requirements

• Experience building Backend applications that are more than just toy projects (real users or open source projects are a plus).
• Solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, Distributed Systems, and Data Storage.
• Knowledge of various flavors of Unix and commonly used command line utilities.
• Proficiency with at least one mainstream language like Python, Ruby, Java, or Kotlin.
• Highly entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to take initiative.
• Strong collaborator and communicator comfortable working in a distributed team.

Skills

• Python
• Java
• Distributed Systems
• Unix
• Backend Development