Backend Engineer Fall/Summer Internship
We're a small startup with really big ambitions. Our goal at Raya is to inspire trust and connections online, so people are empowered to meet offline. We believe that value-driven communities create a strong sense of belonging, which inspire more learning, sharing, and compassion. That's why we're on a mission to foster quality, real-world connection. We believe in individuality, creativity, and sharing stories. We believe that using technology to meet someone should feel safe and exciting. We value respect, kindness, and trust. We believe that people here are not users. They are members of community, free to express themselves in any way they chose. We believe in meeting someone who can change a life.
Raya is looking for candidates who are fast learners and are eager to learn and make a big impact. You will be working closely with an engineering team of 3-5 people, helping to build out features and fix bugs on our backend. You will have the opportunity to gain experience in RESTful API development, databases & ORMs, teamwork experience, javascript, unit testing and docker.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with javascript
- Some understanding of databases (either SQL or Mongo)
- Knowledge of HTTP requests & RESTful practices
- Strong communicator
- Comfortable spending time in terminal/bash
- Source control (git)
Ideal Qualifications
- AWS or other cloud platform experience
- NodeJS experience
- Unit Testing or TDD
- HTML & CSS (or ember)