Engineering Intern

The Opportunity:

This engineering internship program offers a compelling environment for developers to solve unsolved, real-world engineering challenges while taking true ownership of core components.

Candidate Profile:

Final-year students or recent graduates available for a full-time, on-site engagement in Bengaluru.

Proficiency in programming fundamentals and strong foundational knowledge in your chosen domain.

High analytical rigor and relentless attention to quality standards.

W

e focus on core potential and problem-solving capability.

Position Details:

Specialization Tracks:

• Backend Engineering — Python

Building integrations with heterogeneous third-party venue management systems.

Developing event-driven microservices, message queues, and asynchronous workers.

Gaining hands-on exposure to transaction lifecycle architecture including payments, digital wallets, and stored-value systems.

Tech Stack:

Python, Django 5, FastAPI, MySQL, Redis, AWS SNS/SQS, Docker.

• Full-Stack Engineering — Node.js

Developing consumer features across discovery, social groups, match histories, and engagement services.

Optimizing web applications for high performance, server-side rendering, and SEO accessibility.

Owning end-to-end vertical slice deliverables from backend APIs to responsive user interfaces.

Tech Stack:

Node.js, Express, JavaScript/TypeScript, MongoDB (Mongoose), Redis, Next.js, React, Redux Toolkit, Tailwind CSS, Docker.

• Platform Engineering — Infrastructure & DevOps

Maintenance and enhancement of automated build pipelines, container registries, and deployment artifacts.

Designing reproducible local orchestration environments with Docker Compose for internal engineering teams.

Establishing telemetry metrics, distributed tracing, and traffic monitoring across microservice routes.

Standardizing structured logging, request context propagation, and cloud infrastructure cost optimization.

Tech Stack:

AWS, Docker, AWS CodeBuild/ECR/ECS, EC2, ALB, CloudWatch, SNS/SQS, Bitbucket Pipelines, Ansible.

• QA Engineering

Formulating test suites covering Android, iOS, web portals, and enterprise management tools.

Validating mission-critical workflows across financial integrations,

bookings

, promotional systems, and real-time features.

Ensuring multi-platform parity and resolving divergence across operating systems.

Executing staging verification and authoring unambiguous defect reports in Jira to facilitate efficient resolution.

Next Steps:

Believe you have what it takes to join us on the playfield? If so, drop us an email

indicating

your specialization track in the subject line

(

e.g., Engineering Internship Application: Backend Engineering — Python

)

with your resume to

careers@playo.co

. We would appreciate it if you could briefly articulate why you believe you are best suited for this role.