Backend Engineer, Python – Unpaid Mandatory Internship

Role Overview

• Build(from scratch) and improve backend services & APIs for core product workflows using Python, Django, Fast API
• Work on Supabase/PostgreSQL based data models, authentication, and API integrations
• Develop job based systems using Redis and BullMQ/Message queue for image generation, processing, and export workflows
• Integrate and support AI systems including LLM driven flows and ComfyUI based image pipelines
• Manage file handling, storage, and delivery using object storage services
• Help improve reliability, performance, and developer experience across the backend stack
• Work closely with product, design, and frontend to ship real features fast

Requirements

• Hands on experience with Python and backend API development
• Familiarity with databases, authentication, queues, and async job processing
• Interest or experience in AI systems, LLM workflows
• Experience in building API services
• Familiarity with tools such as Cursor and GitHub Copilot is required
• Comfortable building fast, learning quickly, and working in an early stage startup environment
• Previous internship, project, or open source work in SaaS or AI products is nice to have
• Interest in creative tools, publishing, or workflow products

Tech Stack

• Django
• Open Source
• Postgres
• Python
• Redis

Benefits

• Real hands on experience building a production grade AI product
• Exposure to backend architecture, AI workflows, and startup execution
• Ownership of meaningful features, not support tasks
• Close collaboration with the founder and product team