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Full Stack Developer Intern.

About the role

You'll build and ship the product: the web app, the APIs behind it, and the plumbing that connects them. This is primarily a full stack engineering role. The twist: the product is a security platform, so you'll be expected to write code that doesn't create the very problems we're built to find. You don't need to be a security expert on day one, but you do need to care.

What you'll do

  • Build features end to end: UI, API endpoints, database, and the background jobs in between
  • Write backend services in Python (FastAPI) and frontend in HTML/CSS/JavaScript
  • Design and query relational data (PostgreSQL): schemas, migrations, sensible indexes
  • Work with background workers and queues so long-running jobs don't block the app
  • Debug across the whole stack: browser network tab, API, worker, database
  • Write code that holds up: input validation, proper auth checks, no secrets in the repo
  • Package and run things in Docker; understand how your code reaches production

What we're looking for

  • Python: solid; you can build a working API, not just scripts. FastAPI experience is a strong advantage
  • JavaScript and TypeScript: comfortable with the DOM, fetch, async/await, and building maintainable frontend code
  • Next.js: basic familiarity with pages or app routing, server/client components, and integrating APIs is helpful
  • HTML/CSS: can build a clean, responsive page without a component library holding your hand
  • SQL: joins, indexes, and why a query is slow
  • Git: branches, sensible commits, reading a diff
  • Familiarity with the OWASP Top 10. Enough to avoid writing those bugs yourself: SQL injection, XSS, broken auth, IDOR, CSRF
  • Treats user input as untrusted by default, and checks authorization server-side every time
  • Open to having your code reviewed for security, and to reviewing someone else's the same way
  • You've built and shipped something real: a personal project, a hackathon build, or an internship project. It doesn't have to be big; it has to work.
  • AI tools are welcome, but you must learn, explain, test, and take responsibility for any code you submit. Do not use generated code you do not understand

Nice to have

  • Go: parts of our tooling ecosystem live there
  • Docker Compose, CI/CD, or any cloud (GCP/AWS/DigitalOcean)
  • Experience with an auth provider (Supabase, Auth0, Firebase) or rolling sessions/JWTs yourself
  • Any security research, vulnerability disclosure, or bug bounty exposure. A real plus, not a requirement

What you'll get

  • Ownership of real features that users touch, not a sandboxed side project
  • Mentorship on both product engineering and secure coding