Full Stack Engineer — Internship

About the role

We are taking a small number of interns onto our delivery team for three months. You will be assigned real work on real systems, with a senior engineer reviewing everything you ship. The intent is simple: by the end of it you should have production code in your name, a reference from someone who watched you write it, and a clear read on whether this is the kind of work you want to do. We keep the intake small because every intern gets a named mentor, and we only take on as many as we can properly supervise.

What you'll do

• Build and ship features across the stack on live client projects, under code review
• Write and maintain tests for the code you ship
• Take a ticket from clarification through to deployment, asking questions early rather than guessing
• Take part in sprint ceremonies — standups, planning, and retrospectives
• Debug issues in existing systems and write up what you found
• Use AI-assisted tooling (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) as part of a normal workflow, with judgement about when not to

What we're looking for

• Final-year student or graduate in engineering, CS, IT, or a related discipline
• Working knowledge of at least one backend language — C#, Java, Python, or Node.js
• Comfortable with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, plus one framework (React, Next.js, or Angular)
• Understands relational databases and can write SQL joins without looking them up
• Familiar with Git in a team workflow — branches, pull requests, resolving conflicts
• Able to commit around 20-25 hours per week for the full three months
• A reliable internet connection and a working development machine
• Clear written communication — most of our collaboration is asynchronous

Nice to have

• Side projects or open-source contributions we can look at
• Exposure to a cloud platform (Azure or AWS)
• Any experience with REST API design or microservices
• Curiosity about the BFSI domain — the business rules are half the job
• Hands-on use of AI coding tools in a real project, not just demos

What you get out of it

• Production code shipped to real users, with your commits in the history
• A named senior mentor who reviews your work and gives written feedback
• An internship completion certificate from DevToDesk
• A written reference from the engineer who supervised you
• First consideration when we next hire full-time — we always look internally first
• Exposure to how BFSI systems are actually built, maintained, and audited

How we hire

1. 1Send your CV and anything you have built — a repo link beats a cover letter
2. 2A short technical screen over a call: fundamentals, plus a walkthrough of something you built
3. 3A practical task in your own time, scoped to a few hours — we do not set unpaid week-long projects
4. 4A conversation with a founder about fit, expectations, and schedule
5. 5Offer and start date — we onboard in small groups

About DevToDesk

DevToDesk is a software engineering company delivering production systems for clients in banking, insurance, payments, and HR technology. We also run career readiness programs for engineering students — taught by the same engineers who do the client work. We are a small, senior team, which means you work directly with the people making the decisions.