🏢 About the Company and Department

The Unified Communications Backend Team is composed of highly experienced senior developers committed to building scalable backend solutions. Currently, they are developing a microservices-based architecture framework designed for reusability across multiple applications. The team works closely with frontend and DevOps engineers, leveraging a full range of Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies in a modern cloud environment.

📚 Learning Objectives

The selected student will be immersed in a real development environment and will:

• Learn to implement backend functionalities using Java with Spring Boot, including database integration with SQL and non-SQL systems.

• Understand and apply concepts of microservices vs. monolithic architecture, REST APIs, and JWT authentication.

• Become familiar with cloud development using AWS, and the management of asynchronous communication through messaging queues such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.

• Use modern development tools including GitHub, Docker containers, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), and quality assurance tools like SonarQube.

• Apply best coding practices and unit testing principles.

• Explore documentation and task management tools such as Confluence and Jira.

• Gain exposure to AI-assisted development practices through tools like GitHub Copilot.

The daily activities will include programming exercises, proof-of-concept development, exploration of new libraries, and active participation in team knowledge-sharing sessions.

👩‍🏫 Mentorship and Supervision

To ensure a high-value learning experience:

• The student will be assigned a dedicated mentor with technical expertise.

• A clear learning plan with personalized objectives will be established.

• Regular progress reviews and continuous feedback will be provided throughout the internship.

🎓 Candidate Profile

📌 Required Skills:

• Programming experience is essential, particularly in Java.

• Database programming experience with at least one database type (SQL or non-SQL).

• Understanding of web services, REST APIs, JWT authentication, and CI/CD concepts.

• Strong willingness to learn and self-learning mindset.

• Positive, can-do attitude and enthusiasm for software development.

• Teamwork and communication skills to effectively share progress and ideas with the team.
  
  📌 Tools & Technologies (valued): Spring Boot, GitHub, Docker, AWS, Kafka/RabbitMQ (or similar messaging queues).
  📌 Languages: Intermediate level of English is recommended