• Application Deadline:
• Position: 2022 Summer Internship Programme, Engineering (Money Movement)


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience


• Location Not specified


• Job Field ICT / Computer  , Internships / Volunteering 
  

Job Description

• We are looking for a Software Engineering Intern to join us as we continue our amazing growth trajectory. Chipper's Summer Internships gives college students the opportunity to augment their education by taking on meaningful real-world projects over a 3 month span during the summer break from college. Our Interns gain a solid understanding of Chipper, our mission, and what it's like to work at a growth stage company.

Your Mission

• You’ll be learning from and working with other Software Engineers on the Money Movement Engineering team.


• This team develops and matures the backend engineering systems which handle the flow of money within, onto, and off of the Chipper Cash platform. These systems process billions of dollars and are a crucial part of the Chipper Cash platform and experience for the people that use Chipper Cash to send money around the world.


• After being onboarded, you’ll be assigned to work on a small project either with another engineer or with a mentor to help guide and champion your success. You will be part of all regular team meetings and normal functions such as sprint planning and code reviews.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, develop, and maintain Chipper’s money movement systems, integrations, and infrastructure


• Analyze technical problems, ideate and document solutions, and champion their adoption


• Review technical specifications and code from other engineers, proactively providing guidance and suggestions to improve individuals and systems


• Pair and learn with and from other engineers on the team and wider engineering organization


• Collaborate and work with a distributed, diverse, and talented group of people across engineering, product, design, operations, growth, and more.


• Foster a welcoming and inclusive environment that empowers people to grow and succeed.


• Help out in other areas as needed, such as with issue resolution, incidents and investigations, engineering wide initiatives, and other high impact work.

What You Should Have

• Experience programming in a modern programming language such as JavaScript, Java, C#, or Python


• Basic knowledge of relational databases, such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, and the ability to write simple SQL queries with joins between tables


• Experience using modern source control, such as Git and Github


• Prior backend development or integrating APIs is a plus. Candidates without this experience will be provided on-job training and mentoring


• Excellent communication, both written and oral.


• Good organization and time management skills.

About Our Tech Stack

• Fullstack Typescript


• Fully automated CI/CD using Semaphore and Github Unit testing with Jest/Mocha.

Backend:

• Node.js - service-based architecture


• PostgreSQL application databases


• RabbitMQ for inter-server communication


• Server hosting on Heroku and Google Cloud Platform Monitoring with Datadog & Logz.io


• Snowflake for data warehousing and analysis


• Python for in-depth data analysis, transformation, and reporting.

Mobile:

• React Native - Android / iOS application


• Monitoring with BugSnag & Amplitude


• Global state management with Redux


• Chipper UI design system powered by: Styled Components & StoryBook.