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Web Infrastructure Intern (Nginx, CDN and Caching)
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What this role pays, in context
This listing does not state its pay. DevOps Engineer roles in India currently advertise a median of ₹18.8K a month.
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The number we want to move
Search results on mailermen.com take a little over two seconds to reach a user in Kolkata on a mid range phone, and most of that is not the database. Over two months you will work on everything between our origin server and the browser, and the goal is a number you can point at on a graph at the end.
Where you will be working
You will tune the Nginx layer: gzip and brotli compression, cache headers that actually get respected, connection keepalive, and rate limiting on the endpoints bots enjoy most. You will move static assets and uploaded company logos behind CloudFront with sensible invalidation, set up TLS renewal with certbot so nobody renews a certificate by hand again, and load test the result with k6 so the improvement is measured rather than assumed. Documenting the final config, with a comment explaining why each directive is there, is part of the job.
Terms and fit
The role is unpaid and fully remote within India, with a mentor reviewing your config changes before anything reaches production. Suitable for final year students and recent graduates who know their way around Linux and HTTP. No work experience required.
Responsibilities
- Tune Nginx compression, cache headers and keepalive settings on the origin
- Add rate limiting to the endpoints that attract scrapers
- Move static assets and company logos behind CloudFront with a sane invalidation strategy
- Automate TLS certificate renewal with certbot so nothing expires by hand
- Run k6 load tests before and after each change and record the numbers
- Document the final Nginx configuration with a comment for every directive
Requirements
- Final year student or recent graduate available fully remote within India
- Understanding of HTTP methods, status codes and response headers
- Basic Linux administration from personal or academic projects
- Willingness to measure a change rather than assume it worked
Skills
Benefits
- Certificate + Letter of Recommendation
- Every config change reviewed by a mentor before it reaches production
- Measurable performance wins you can quote with real numbers
- Fully remote with flexible hours around a college timetable