Backend Engineer Intern

Job Title: Backend Engineer Intern
Location: Remote
Job Type: Part-time

About us:

Dr. Glow is a grant-funded medical aesthetics platform that empowers users to make informed decisions through transparent, consolidated, and credible information. We connect users with vetted aesthetic clinics and curate services that enhance both beauty and confidence.

We're fast-growing, backed by Enterprise Singapore. As a lean team, we move fast, experiment boldly, and care deeply about impact.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Backend Engineer Intern to join our product team. You will help build, improve, and maintain the backend systems powering our platform. You'll work closely with our CTO and product leads to design APIs, manage data infrastructure, and contribute to scaling a global marketplace used by clinics and consumers.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services

• Assist in database design, optimization, and migration

• Integrate third-party services and APIs (e.g. payment, CRM)

• Contribute to improving performance, security, and scalability

• Write clean, testable code and participate in code reviews

• Collaborate cross-functionally with frontend, design, and business teams
  

Requirements:

• Pursuing or recently graduated from a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

• Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g. Python, Javascript, etc.)

• Familiarity with frameworks (e.g. Flask, Next) and REST API design

• Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB, VectorDB)

• Understanding of Git, version control, and deployment practices

• Curious, fast learner, and comfortable with ambiguity in a startup environment.
  

Bonus Points:

• Mentorship from experienced tech and startup founders

• Opportunity to work on a product that empowers women and drives real impact

• Ownership and autonomy in feature development

• Flexible work arrangements

• Potential pathway to full-time opportunities
  

To Apply:
We’d love to hear from you! If you're interested in the Backend Engineer Intern position, please send us your CV, GitHub/link to your past projects, and a little note about why you're excited about this opportunity. Just make sure to include the subject line “Backend Engineer Intern – [Your Name]” when you email to [email protected] . Looking forward to connecting with you!