[Hiring] Backend Engineer Intern @Rollee

Role Description

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer Intern to join our Coverage team for 6 months . The Coverage team is responsible for expanding and maintaining Rollee’s ability to connect to employment and income data sources. You’ll work alongside our engineers on technical challenges involving:

• Web and mobile applications
• Third-party systems
• APIs
• Authentication flows
• Data extraction

This internship is a great fit for someone who enjoys:

• Exploring how systems work
• Solving unconventional technical problems
• Learning by doing

You’ll have the opportunity to work on real production challenges, collaborate with different members of our tech team, and progressively take ownership of your work.

What matters most to us is your curiosity, technical foundations, willingness to learn, and ability to tackle unfamiliar problems.

Qualifications

• Experience with Python , whether through internships, personal projects, coursework, or professional experience
• Some hands-on experience with web scraping , automation , or data extraction
• An interest in exploring and debugging web and/or mobile applications
• Curiosity about HTTP , APIs , and how applications communicate with backend systems
• A self-learning mindset and an appetite for challenging technical problems
• A strong interest in fintech , data , and financial inclusion
• The ability to learn independently and get comfortable with unfamiliar technical challenges
• Good written and spoken English - we work 100% in English

Requirements

This is an internship, so we don’t expect you to tick every box. We’re much more interested in your technical foundations, curiosity, and ability to learn than in the number of technologies you already know.

• Experience working with undocumented or partially documented third-party APIs
• Experience with network debugging and traffic analysis
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Familiarity with mobile and/or web application security, encryption, and common security protocols
• Experience investigating how web or mobile applications work under the hood
• An understanding of privacy-by-design principles
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring, or DevOps practices
• An interest in software architecture, design patterns, and technical excellence
• Experience working independently or as part of a remote team

Benefits

• Learn by building something that matters.
• Join an early-stage company with an ambitious mission: transforming how employment and income data is accessed around the world.
• Work on real problems.
• Learn from an experienced team.
• Take ownership.
• Grow with us.
• Work flexibly.
• Get the tools you need.
• Be part of an international team.
• Join a well-backed company.
• Additional benefits that we’ll be happy to walk you through during the interview process.

Our hiring process

• Cultural interview with our People Manager (30 min)
• Take-home technical assignment
• Technical interview with members of the Coverage Team (1 hour)
• Interview with a Tech Lead & Product Manager (30 min)
• Final conversation with our CEO (15 min)