Software Engineering Intern

The role

You will build and maintain backend services and contribute to real production systems. You will work with infrastructure, AI/ML, and product teams to learn distributed systems, scalability, and reliability.

What you will do

• Build and maintain backend services using Python and/or Go.
• Work closely with experienced engineers across infrastructure, AI/ML, and product teams.
• Contribute to real production systems that serve users globally.
• Learn and apply principles of distributed systems, scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Participate in code reviews, debugging, testing, and deployment workflows.
• Take ownership of meaningful projects from design to production.

Required qualifications

• Fresh graduates.
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and computer science fundamentals.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Go, or Java.
• Hands-on experience through internships, academic projects, hackathons, or open-source contributions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn quickly.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.

Nice to have

• Exposure to cloud platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, or distributed systems.
• Experience building backend applications, APIs, or developer tools.
• Contributions to open-source projects or strong personal engineering projects.
• Interest in AI, developer infrastructure, or large-scale systems.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

About the company

Emergent builds autonomous coding agents that replace traditional software development by generating, testing, and deploying production applications directly from plain-language intent. The company has crossed $130M in Annualised Revenue and is backed by several venture capital firms.