Role Description
**About Amber (https://amberstudent.com)**
Long-term accommodation booking platform for students (think booking.com for student housing). Amber helps 80M students worldwide, find and book full-time accommodations near their universities, without the hassle of negotiation, non-standardized and cumbersome paperwork, and broken payment process. We are the leading student housing platform globally, with 1M\+ student housing units listed in 6 countries and across 80 cities. We are growing rapidly and targeting $1B in annual gross bookings. Amber raised $18\.5M from Marquee investors like Gaja capital. If you are passionate about making international mobility and living seamless and accessible, then -
*Join us in building the future of student housing!*
We are looking for a talented
**Engineering Intern**
to join our growing team. As a startup, we are
**tech-stack agnostic**
and value individuals eager to learn and contribute to both
**frontend**
,
**backend and infrastructure**
development. Whether you're a budding React enthusiast or curious about building scalable Backend systems, this is your opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in a fast-paced environment.
**Responsibilities**
**Frontend Development**
* Build and maintain high-quality
**web and mobile applications**
using React and React Native.
* Collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver intuitive and user-friendly interfaces.
* Optimize the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
* Write clean and reusable code while adhering to best practices in web development.
**Backend Development**
* Assist in building and maintaining robust backend systems using modern technologies (Node.js, Python, etc.).
* Work on RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and database integrations to ensure seamless communication between frontend and backend.
* Optimize backend for performance, scalability, security and reliability.
* Troubleshoot and debug server-side issues to ensure entire system reliability.
**General Responsibilities**
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features end-to-end.
* Identify and fix bugs and bottlenecks across the tech stack.
* Continuously evaluate and implement
**new technologies**
to enhance development efficiency and scalability.
* Stay up-to-date with
**emerging trends**
in web and mobile application development.
**Requirements**
* Current student or recent graduate in
**Computer Science**
,
**Engineering**
, or a related field.
* Experience or coursework in frontend development (e.g., React, React Native, JavaScript, TypeScript) and/or backend development (e.g., RESTful APIs, database systems (SQL/NoSQL), and server-side programming languages).
* Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
* A willingness to learn and adapt to
**new technologies**
and tools.
**What We Offer**
* Opportunities for
**professional growth**
and development.
* A chance to work on impactful projects in a
**fast-paced startup**
environment.
* A collaborative and inclusive work culture (trust us on this one!).
* Flexibility to explore
**cutting-edge tech stacks**
and make a real impact.