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Server-Side Engineering Intern (Node.js + Redis)
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What this role pays, in context
This listing pays 27% below the median for Node.js Developer roles in India, which sits at ₹15K a month.
25th pct ₹12K75th pct ₹15.5K
Median of 5 other live Node.js Developer listings in India on this board that state pay. Roles that do not disclose a salary are excluded rather than counted as zero.
Premise
Caching is easy to add and hard to add correctly. Half the slow endpoints on MailerMen would be quick with the right key and the right invalidation, and nobody has had three uninterrupted months to give the problem. You will. Over those three months you profile the twenty slowest API routes using real production timings, then work through them one at a time.
What lands on your plate
That means a Redis layer in front of the employer dashboard aggregates, stampede protection on the popular job listing pages, and a small internal library so the next engineer does not invent a fourth caching pattern. You will also write Jest tests that assert invalidation actually fires, because that is where these things quietly rot. Nothing ships without a measurement attached.
We want you comfortable with Node.js and Express, curious about what makes a request slow, and willing to measure before you change anything. Final year students and recent graduates are both fine. You spend two days a week in the Bengaluru office, sit next to the engineer who owns backend performance, and present your before and after numbers to the team in your final week.
Responsibilities
- Profile the twenty slowest API routes using real production timings
- Introduce a Redis caching layer in front of the employer dashboard aggregates
- Add stampede protection to the most requested job listing pages
- Build a small internal caching helper so patterns stop multiplying
- Write Jest tests that assert cache invalidation actually fires
- Present before and after latency numbers to the backend team at the end
Requirements
- Final year student or recent graduate; this is a first role, not a second one
- Comfortable with Node.js and Express request handling
- Curious about performance and willing to measure before changing anything
- Basic understanding of key value stores and expiry semantics
- Two office days a week in Bengaluru
Skills
Benefits
- Sit beside the engineer who owns backend performance
- Certificate plus a written summary of your measured impact
- Flexible remote days for the rest of the week
- Conversion to a junior backend role is genuinely on the table