React JS Intern

**Job title** :React JS Intern **Location** : Pune, Maharashtra, India **Position Type** : Full-time **Experience Level** : 0-1 year **About The Role** We're looking for a motivated React Developer Intern to join our frontend team. You'll help build responsive, real-time web applications, working closely with senior developers and designers. This is a hands-on role where you'll ship real features and learn how production apps are built and maintained. **Requirements** **What you'll do** * Build and maintain reusable React components and UI features * Implement real-time functionality (live updates, notifications, chat) using WebSockets * Integrate frontend screens with REST APIs using TanStack Query for data fetching, caching, and syncing server state * Manage application state across components * Debug issues, fix bugs, and improve performance * Participate in code reviews and team stand-ups * Write clean, readable, and well-documented code **What we're looking for** * Solid understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML, and CSS * Good knowledge of React fundamentals: functional components, JSX, props and state, and component lifecycle * Hands-on experience with core hooks such as useState, useEffect, useContext, useRef, and useMemo/useCallback * Familiarity with React Router for navigation * Basic understanding of WebSockets: how they differ from HTTP, opening and closing connections, sending and receiving messages, and handling reconnection (experience with Socket.IO or the native WebSocket API is a plus) * Experience fetching data from APIs (fetch or Axios) and handling loading/error states * Basic knowledge of Git and GitHub * Eagerness to learn and take feedback **Nice to have** * Familiarity with TanStack Query (React Query): useQuery and useMutation, query keys, caching and invalidation, and handling loading/error states * Exposure to a state management library (Redux Toolkit, Zustand, or similar) * Experience with TypeScript * Familiarity with Tailwind CSS or a component library (MUI, shadcn/ui) * Basic knowledge of Node.js/Express