Backend Platform Engineering Intern (Node.js & Databases)
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Job Description & Responsibilities
About the Role
CRED is actively hiring a high-impact Backend Platform Engineering Intern (Node.js & Databases) to join their engineering team. In this position, you will work on mission-critical features, high-throughput architectures, resilient APIs, and modern cloud infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy reliable software services and distributed systems with minimal downtime.
- Collaborate across engineering, product management, and design to ship customer-facing improvements.
- Write robust, unit-tested, and maintainable code adhering to solid engineering principles.
- Participate in peer code reviews, architectural discussions, and observability/monitoring improvements.
Requirements & Preferred Qualifications
- Solid foundations in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and distributed systems.
- Hands-on experience with modern backend, fullstack, or cloud stacks (Go, Node.js, Python, React, or Java).
- Working knowledge of databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or Redis) and performance optimization.
- Passion for problem-solving, clean code, and working in high-ownership engineering environments.
How to Apply
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Core Engineering Concepts Interviewers Will Test:
- Database Indexing & Query Plans: Explain B-Tree indexes, composite index ordering, and how unindexed foreign keys lead to full table scans.
- Cache Invalidation & Redis Patterns: Differentiate between Cache-Aside, Write-Through, and handle Cache Stampedes with distributed locks (Redlock).
- API Idempotency & Concurrency: How to implement idempotency keys for payment/checkout endpoints using unique database constraints and Redis TTL tokens.
- Rate Limiting Algorithms: Token Bucket vs Leaky Bucket vs Sliding Window Log implementation trade-offs at scale.