IT (Automation & App Development) Intern

**Job Description (Duties & Responsibilities)** * Contribute to the design, development, testing, and documentation of production-grade full-stack web applications for internal business and operational use. * Develop modern and responsive frontend applications using React / JSX, including reusable components, forms, dashboards, data tables, workflows, and user interfaces. * Develop and maintain backend services and REST APIs using Python and FastAPI, including business logic, data validation, authentication, error handling, logging, and integration with other enterprise systems. * Design, develop, and optimize PostgreSQL databases, including database schemas, relationships, queries, indexes, and data access layers. * Implement end-to-end application features across the frontend, backend, API, and database layers, ensuring reliable data flow and maintainable architecture. * Leverage AI-assisted software development tools to accelerate development, debugging, testing, documentation, and code improvement. * Apply software engineering practices including version control, code review, testing, debugging, logging, documentation, and deployment. * Assist with the deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance of applications across cloud and hybrid environments. * Work with business users and stakeholders to understand requirements, translate business processes into application features, and continuously improve solutions. * Contribute to improving the security, performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability of applications to ensure they are suitable for production use. **Job Requirements (Qualifications & Experience)** * Strong interest in full-stack web application development and software engineering, with the ability to understand how frontend, backend, APIs, and databases work together. * Hands-on experience or strong foundational knowledge in JavaScript / React / JSX for frontend development. * Hands-on experience or strong foundational knowledge in Python, preferably with FastAPI or similar backend web frameworks. * Practical experience with PostgreSQL or another relational database, including SQL, database design, joins, indexes, and data modelling. * Familiarity with modern software development practices such as Git, GitHub/GitLab, debugging, testing, code organization, and deployment. * Candidates with experience using AI-assisted software development tools such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools are strongly preferred. * Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related discipline. Polytechnic undergraduates or graduate students with strong software development skills and demonstrated interest in full-stack development may also be considered.